Quotes & Sayings About Selfishness Goodreads

My first thought was that a tornado had somehow picked me up and carried me off, like in the Wizard of Oz. No old witches pedaled by, and I didn't see any flying farm animals or chicken coops, and after a few agonizing minutes, I fell deep into unconsciousness again. — J.R. Rain

Brands, musicians, and public figures were among the first to embrace video on 'Instagram', and we've been impressed with how brands have extended their reach with video ads. — Kevin Systrom

And therefore, I said, Glaucon, musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful; and also because he who has received this true education of the inner being will most shrewdly perceive omissions or faults in art and nature, and with a true taste, while he praises and rejoices over and receives into his soul the good, and becomes noble and good, he will justly blame and hate the bad, now in the days of his youth, even before he is able to know the reason why; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute the friend with whom his education has made him long familiar ...
... Thus much of music, which makes a fair ending; for what should be the end of music if not the love of beauty? — Plato

I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?"
"You can kill yourself," Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. "As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't."
"There goes my Saturday. — Cassandra Clare

The only reason Woodstock was necessary is because they didn't have iTunes. — Daniel Tosh

Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being. — Frances Mayes

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck. — Winston Churchill

Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection. — Gail Collins

Modern man creates fancy cars while losing the sacredness of his feet and lungs. — Steve Ilg

I miss u i love you
there's no second ive lived you can't call your own — Mark Z. Danielewski

When I first saw you, I saw love. from You're Still The One — Shania Twain

There are fires, vast and endless, that burn in me for you. And I will carry them until you are ready to walk through the Flames of me. — William C. Hannan

My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness. — Peter O'Toole