Privateamusement Quotes & Sayings

Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science. — Bertrand Russell

If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh. — Herman Melville

Never give up! Never give up! Physical fitness is of paramount importance. There is no age limit when we live in the heart and when we try to be of prayerful and soulful service to God in the heart of humanity. — Sri Chinmoy

The wolf pack will die when scattered by man, lonesome coyote survives. — Kris Kristofferson

To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one. — Jim Rohn

We are the damaged heirs of a damaged cultural style which has been practiced now for about seven thousand years. — Terence McKenna

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. — Nicola Sturgeon

Mankind divides itself into two classes,
benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast; the first a handful. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A big tent is great and all, but there has to be a line in the sand, and I'm pretty sure the desire to legislate other women's bodies is it. — Andi Zeisler

But it is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it. Society thus brands what is unpleasant as untrue, denying the conclusions of psychoanalysis with logical and pertinent arguments. These arguments originate from affective sources, however, and society holds to these prejudices against all attempts at refutation. — Sigmund Freud

You don't need fashion designers when you are young. Have faith in your own bad taste. Buy the cheapest thing in your local thrift shop - the clothes that are freshly out of style with even the hippest people a few years older than you. Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership. Ill-fitting is always stylish. But be more creative - wear your clothes inside out, backward, upside down. Throw bleach in a load of colored laundry. Follow the exact opposite of the dry cleaning instructions inside the clothes that cost the most in your thrift shop. Don't wear jewelry - stick Band-Aids on your wrists or make a necklace out of them. Wear Scotch tape on the side of your face like a bad face-lift attempt. Mismatch your shoes. Best yet, do as Mink Stole used to do: go to the thrift store the day after Halloween, when the children's trick-or-treat costumes are on sale, buy one, and wear it as your uniform of defiance. — John Waters

I think it's always important to put your own spin and bring your essence to whatever character you play. — Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer

Your life is a work of art, a craft to be carefully mastered. For patience has replaced time, and you are your own destination. — Rick Jarow

I have a small tattered clipping that I sometimes carry with meand pull out for purposes of privateamusement. It's a weather forecast from theWestern Daily Mail and it says, in toto: 'Outlook: Dry and warm, but cooler with some rain. — Bill Bryson

I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players. — Sue Wicks