Recuperating From Surgery Quotes & Sayings

We live but a fraction of our lives. — Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively. — Maya Rodale

For us the issue cannot be the alteration of private property but only its annihilation, not the smoothing over of class antagonisms but the abolition of classes not the improvement of the existing society but the foundation of a new one. — Karl Marx

Sure enough, the door swung open and his wonderfully ugly face looked back at me. — Megan Shepherd

You know something, it's not easy to break out of your comfort zone. People will tear you down, tell you you shouldn't have bothered in the first place. But let me tell you something, there's not much of a difference between a stadium full with cheering fans and an angry crowd screaming abuse at you. They're both just making a lot of noise. How you take it is up to you. Convince yourself they're cheering for you. You do that, and someday, they will. — Glee

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there. — Martha Beck

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

When people want to sound smart, they add syllables to words, words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to books. They try to make up in quantity and complexity what they lack in quality. That's bullshit! They're just hiding their bullshit! — Robert McKee

Ordinarily, I'd claim that I'd never write directly about my children, but the opening conversation of 'Peter Elroy' is a verbatim conversation that my children had that I just loved: morbid, funny, passionate, and obsessed with the truth of things - all natural qualities of children that I'd like my work to contain. — Elizabeth McCracken

Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly. — Otto Graham

The simplest way to be happy is to do good. — Helen Keller

It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty. — Jeff Lindsay

I used to be ashamed by the way that I grew up. I tried to lie my way through better times, but when you think that honesty and truth is really your best weapon you embrace it and put it behind you. In the end, it drives you and motivates you to do good work. No one should be ashamed about where they come from as long as you desire to be a compassionate and decent person. — George Lopez

I want to be the first guy from my generation who doesn't just represent one record but the promise of a lot of them. — John Mayer