Repurposed Recycled Quotes & Sayings

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos. — Brooke Shields

I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide. — Diablo Cody

They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

When we need it most, it is nearly impossible to see ourselves with compassion from the slit of a narrowed mind all tensed for battle. — Mark Nepo

I'm honored that PBteen has seen me as someone who can help a broader audience understand the need to use recycled, repurposed and organic materials. Global conservation is a focal point of the capsule collection and it falls right in line with the change and direction I'm working towards, on a professional and personal basis. In collaborating with PBteen, we are creating a subtle and natural feel with this collection - something that has an authentic appeal for teens and their parents alike. — Kelly Slater

The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain. — Steven Pinker

A positive attitude and an open mind are true characteristics of all good fishermen — Kevin VanDam

I act uncommonly important when I read, look all around to see if people are noticing how cleverly someone there is improving his mind and wits; I slit open page after page at splendid leisure, do not even read any more but satisfy myself with having assumed the posture of a person immersed in a book. That is how I am: harebrained, and all for effect. I am vain, but my satisfaction with my vanity costs remarkably little. — Robert Walser

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers. — Charles Caleb Colton