Severndale Community Quotes & Sayings

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The truest thing about truth was that it needed to be seen no matter what it was and no matter how it came to you. — Deb Caletti

There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. — Clancy Brown

I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and SNL and all that stuff really informed me as a writer and then at high school I started a satire magazine and the college like The Lampoon really introduced me to like you know a lot of very like-minded people who really wanted to like comedy was the center of their lives. — Nicholas Stoller

Let today be the day that you become committed in being, in doing, in getting, achieving, in experiencing. Let today be the day that you are committed to being the change you wish to see and living the life you wish to live. — Steve Maraboli

I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library - subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps - and try to memorize them. I'm afraid of getting lost; no, I'm afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape. — Deborah Feldman

We only have one chance in this life, so don't waste it on trivial people and matters. — Norhafsah Hamid

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and you really work
hard. — Steve Case

So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that's painful but familiar because they're comfortable with it. Not a lot of people have the strength or heart to realize when something's not good for them and to turn around and be alone. — Corey Taylor

Also, always encourage 'being good' over 'doing good.' Acts of goodness are the difficulty for us and should, of course, be avoided. 'Being good' is far less problematic, largely because it lacks definition and can be solely a state of mind completely unattached to reality. — Geoffrey Wood

Getting over someone doesn't happen by getting under someone. It just reminds you what you should have held on to. — Alison G. Bailey

We have been conditioned, taught, and coerced by the agents of our culture (parents, grandparents, advertisers, food critic, etc.) to eat the flesh and drink the milk of other animals. Because of this conditioning, which has occurred over a long period of time (thousands of years), we have developed addictive eating habits and blinded ourselves to the facts of our biological system and its true needs. — Sharon Gannon

I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them. — Adele