Reportable Diseases Quotes & Sayings

A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth ... Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius. — Sinclair Lewis

I don't see why human people make such a heavy trip out of sex. It isn't anything complex, it is simply the best thing in life, even better than food. — Robert A. Heinlein

The way I figured it, Jesus had the poor close to His heart because they were the ones who had nothing else to hold onto. — Susie Finkbeiner

It was a look that gave her a tingle, all right, but not in a good way. In that look she saw her silly bloody hopes as twisted and broken as she'd left that Lowlander's arm, and it was no one's fault but her own. She shouldn't have let herself hope, but hopes are like weeds: however often you root them out they keep on springing up. — Joe Abercrombie

I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog. — Victoria Pratt

A few months. Long enough to find out she's fucking crazy," he says with a huge roll of his eyes. "And long enough to realize that the reason why I love her is because she's fucking crazy. — Colleen Hoover

Time does not care how precious it is, how hard you are working not to squander it. Time passes. — Melissa Kantor

I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please". — Marshall B. Rosenberg

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue. — Marlon Wayans

The reality is: when you're slouched over, not only are you not using the full potential of your brain, but you look untrustworthy. — James Altucher

I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. — Satish Kumar

[Politicans] are salespeople. Instead of rotisserie ovens they are selling this idea of preemptive war or social-security reforms. — Jon Stewart

Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth. — Kahlil Gibran