Shmoodism Quotes & Sayings

Well Buddhism, 'shmoodism', I didn't go to India looking for Buddhism. I was looking for truth, or God, or a better way of life or happiness, fulfillment, meaning, purpose. And a way to become peace in the world and not just fight for peace, as we had in the 60's. — Surya Das

The prince's blood was on my hands. — Jodi Meadows

I am a survivor. I live beyond the wall. I give shelter to those that need it. I am not chosen but I choose to live. — Lauren Nicolle Taylor

As if music could be crushed like a condemned building or a stubborn anarchist. But it could not. It always rose and returned, vital, immense, fortified by new instruments, new shapes, new musicians crazy enough to give their lives to it like underground, unsanctioned priests. — Carolina De Robertis

He sat leaning forward in the seat with his elbows on the empty seatback in front of him and his chin on his forearms and he watched the play with great intensity. He'd notion that there would be something in the story itself to tell him about the way the world was or was becoming but there was not. There was nothing in it at all. — Cormac McCarthy

We cannot be pepped up and enthusiastic about doing something exciting and feel dragged down by worry at the very same time. One kind of emotion drives out the other. — Dale Carnegie

He who fox-like got his rank, Is wolf-like in his office. — Vasily Zhukovsky

I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces. — Tommy Lee Jones

Maybe that was the point of truth
you could erase it all you wanted, and it was there to be discovered again — Scott Westerfeld

When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like the whole atmosphere of how people are judged in American politics too often as to what you say instead of what you do. And so for me it's always about what can I do for you? How can I help you? — Hillary Clinton

I just want to sleep, and eat, and learn about what's going on in the world. — Debra Winger

Let's be honest. You let yourself be pulled in because it felt good to be wanted, needed. But then it went too far, as projected images always do. If it's not a real image, but one that has been projected on to you, then you can keep up the masquerade for only so long before the mask cracks and the paint on the mask peels away. — Tori Amos

Watching her made my heart ache, as if that organ had become linked to her emotional state, rather than targeting its primary task - keeping me alive. — Tammara Webber

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly. — Polly Toynbee