Proximally Based Quotes & Sayings

I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome. — Michael Scott

The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence. — Lian Hearn

There's no Ben & Jerry's in the netherworld. It's a crime. — Anonymous

I shall freckle."
"That doesn't bother me," he said with a shrug.
"It bothers me!"
"Don't worry. They'll be on your own face, so you won't have to see them."
Ellie gaped at him, astounded by his illogic. — Julia Quinn

The brain is a little saline pool that acts as a conductor, and it runs on electricity. — Judith Hooper

History is made and preserved by and for particular classes of people. A camera in some hands can preserve an alternate history. — David Wojnarowicz

When you hear of Gay Pride, remember, it was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay.
It evolved out of our need as human beings to break free of oppression and to exist without being criminalized, pathologized or persecuted.
Depending on a number of factors, particularly religion, freeing ourselves from gay shame and coming to self-love and acceptance, can not only be an agonising journey, it can take years.
Tragically some don't make it.
Instead of wondering why there isn't a straight pride be grateful you have never needed one.
Celebrate with us. — Anthony Venn-Brown

WHAT FOR IS THIS BOX PADDED? IS IT TO BE SAT ON? CAN IT BE THAT IT IS CAT-FLAVOURED? — Terry Pratchett

I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not. — Mandy Moore

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book. — Tibor Fischer

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. — James G. Frazer

Used the precise speed indication on the GPS to set the cruise control to the exact speed limit, rather than relying on the artificially inflated figure provided by the speedometer. — Graeme Simsion

The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times. — Mick Jagger

Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential — Malala Yousafzai

It is a tragic fact that the vast majority of Christians today are living a sub-normal Christian life. — Billy Graham