Pretty In Pink Duckie Quotes & Sayings

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse. — H.L. Mencken

It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much through broken hearts and bruised emotions, through painful sacrifices and melancholy renunciations. — Paul Brunton

Inviting someone to work for pay is a sacred privilege and a trust. It must be regarded a high honor to be able to give another person work, and neither employer nor employee should abuse this relationship — Judy Frankel

To grow, to become spiritually alive, and vibrant, you really have to struggle. Without struggle, you do not move at all ... I would appreciate it if readers who come to my work would try very, very, very hard not to think narrowly as we are taught to think in America. — Alice Walker

He was sensitive, so he had to be kind. I think of it whenever I see a young woman fawning all over a nerdy guy, some comedian or actor, thinking he couldn't ever be cruel because he's funny and he wears glasses. He's not conventionally hot, so he's not full of himself, so he'll be a good boyfriend, right?...Guys like that always seem to think they're Duckie from Pretty in Pink when they're actually Steff. — Mara Wilson

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood. — Alexander Pope

of Alcohol - but please, be careful how you tell of them, remember Ovid shivering on the Black Sea shores, wondering how to get back in to one of the Roman villas once again. November — MariJo Moore

This makes me feel ritually unclean. — Don DeLillo

The agile way is customer-centric, purpose-driven, capability-based and talent-oriented. — Pearl Zhu

We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family. — R.D. Ronald