Selfish Spendthrift Quotes & Sayings

How could you love us being together?" he asked me "We are nothing alike and we are not meant for each other and we drive each other crazy, you love that? How can you love that?" So I told him "I know that we're not meant for each other, that we drive each other crazy, and that we are so different. But that's us. That's what we have; a wild nonsense. We are not good together, but together we are bad for each other. I love us together this way just like this. Because even if it's no good, it's what we have! It's us. — C. JoyBell C.

Fail to learn, not the other way around — NightBits

Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone. — Christian Dior

The brainless rushing about makes us feel time starved, which, he writes "does not result in death, but rather, as ancient Athenian philosophers observed, in never beginning to live."6 — Brigid Schulte

our Lord said, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit' (Matt. 5:3), which is to say those who are poor in will. — Meister Eckhart

When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place. — Paulo Coelho

You may choose to live like a miser," Leo said, "but I'll be damned if I have to. You're incapable of enjoying the moment because you're always intent on tomorrow. Well, for some people, tomorrow never comes."
Her temper flared. "Someone has to think of tomorrow, you selfish spendthrift!"
"Coming from an overbearing shrew - "
Win stepped between them, resting a gentle hand on Amelia's shoulder. "Hush, both of you. It serves no purpose to make yourselves cross just before we are to leave." She gave Amelia a sweet quirk of a smile that no one on earth could have resisted. "Don't frown like that, dear. What if your face stayed that way?"
"With prolonged exposure to Leo," Amelia replied, "it undoubtedly would. — Lisa Kleypas

The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected. — Cynthia Kenyon

If you lay in the rain, every rain shower, storm, whatever, is different. Every surface is different. — Andy Goldsworthy

You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows how. — Margaret Mitchell

Usually when Obama says, 'Let me be clear,' he's about to get into some very unclear sh*t. — Jon Stewart

We women love longest even when all hope is gone. — Jane Austen

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love. — Louise Hay

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity. — Donald Miller

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have. — Mark Cuban

Ideally, six- and seven-year-olds should be singing every day, at various times of the day, with their regular classroom teacher. — Jean Ashworth Bartle