Ricky Book Learning Quotes & Sayings

Whatever the reason, I'm happy to remember the time we had. — Jim Butcher

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them. — H.L. Mencken

WHEN GOD IS A DRUG - RELIGIOUS ADDICTION Mood alteration is an ingredient of compulsive/addictive behavior. Addiction has been described as "a pathological relationship to any mood-altering experience that has life-damaging consequences." Toxic shame has been suggested as the core and fuel of all addiction. Religious addiction is rooted in toxic shame, which can be readily mood-altered through various religious behaviors. One can get feelings of righteousness through any form of worship. One can fast, pray, meditate, serve others, go through sacramental rituals, speak in tongues, be slain by the Holy Spirit, quote the Bible, read Bible passages, or say the name of Yahweh or Jesus. Any of these can be a mood-altering experience. If one is toxically shamed, such an experience can be immensely rewarding. The disciples of any religious system can say we are good and others, those not like us, the sinners, are bad. This can be exhilarating to the souls of toxically shamed people. — John Bradshaw

An intelligent person may be wrong sometimes, but a fool is never wrong. The medical profession is never wrong. — Herbert M. Shelton

The bedlamite little hats in which American women have tried to out-lunatic each other for the past four years prove conclusively we don't dress to please anyone. We're just docile sheep who accept what's given us. — Beatrice Fairfax

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis. — Clay Aiken

What, you thought that one story was somehow more real than all the others, just because it's the one that has the most people living in it? Shit, if it worked that way, all the narratives would focus on quantity over quality, and we'd be buried under something featuring rabbits. What we think of as reality is just the tale type that took over longest ago. The others keep fighting back. — Seanan McGuire

This is the only place that I don't feel out of place, because everyone here is out of place. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. — Russell Banks

I'm a big fan of domino masks, like Zorro, or Robin. You could put a domino mask on anything, and it becomes a superhero. You put a domino mask on a milkman, and he becomes, like, Super Milkman. — Gerard Way

Lupe began to recite a list of reasons. "One: love of dogs," she started. "Two: to be stars - in a circus, we might be famous. Three: because the parrot man will come visit us, and our future - " She stopped for a second. "His future, anyway," Lupe said, pointing to her brother. "His future is in the parrot man's hands - I just know it is, circus or no circus. — John Irving

I once dated a girl that was wild. She was so wild that one night she gave her phone number to the mechanical bull. — Rodney Dangerfield

I'm not an anthropology buff, but I've read enough of it to know that the Zuni don't think that their way is the way for everyone, and that the Navajo don't think their way is the way for everyone. Each of them has a way that works well for them. — Daniel Quinn

To me, fashion is like a mirror. It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it. — Anna Sui

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