Shoppenjoy Quotes & Sayings

Who then," she continues, "tells a finer tale than any of us? Silence does. And where does one read a deeper tale than upon the most perfectly printed page of the most precious book? Upon the blank page. When a royal and gallant pen, in the moment of its highest inspiration, has written down its tale with the rarest ink of all -- where, then, may one read a still deeper, sweeter, merrier and more cruel tale than that? Upon the blank page. — Isak Dinesen

Biology is a way of approaching the truth about the mind. In biology most people don't tackle problems at the level of complexity that psychoanalysis does. But psychoanalysis has a degree of uncertainty about it. A psychoanalyst may have some deep insights, but cannot, at the moment, run experiments to establish whether it's really the truth. — Eric Kandel

His desire for this to be a joke was quickly replaced by a desire for whiskey. — A. Ashley Straker

Remember:
It's all in your head ... all of it.
If you don't like the story, change it.
If the people around don't accept your new story; change them. — Steve Maraboli

Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you. — A.J. Darkholme

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway — Sydney J. Harris

As soon as we notice that certain types of event "like" to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the attitude of the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even building are based on a "science" of meaningful coincidences. The classical Chinese texts did not ask what causes what, but rather what "likes" to occur with what. — M.L. Von Franz

We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do. — Lindsay Davenport

Each dog barks in its own yard. — Rudyard Kipling

It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world. — Misty Copeland

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too. — Ann Romney

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Dude, innapropriate. Don't talk about your friend's Dad's junk. — Melissa Keil