Sintamatic Quotes & Sayings

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do. — Maureen McCormick

You can easily discern whether someone is truly interested to learn & know when s/he asks you or cornering and ambushing you to stumble... — Assegid Habtewold

There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate. — Bill Watterson

That if enough people in a silent room are drinking coffee it is possible to make out the sound of steam coming off the coffee. That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness. That it is possible to fall asleep during an anxiety attack. — David Foster Wallace

You've seen Star Wars?'
'Seen it and denounced it.'
'You've denounced Star Wars?'
She looked me straight in the eye and said, 'Hollywood should not glorify witches.'
'I think you've missed the point ... '
'I also denounced Harry Potter.'
'Really?'
'Yes.'
'Because ... '
' ... because literature, especially children's literature, should not glorify witches.'
'Oda, what do you do for fun?'
She thought about it, then said, without a jot of humour, 'I denounce things. — Kate Griffin

Showing a genuine interest in others not only wins friends for you, but may develop in its customers a loyalty to your company. — Anonymous

I think there's something odd about eating another living anything. — Shania Twain

Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles ... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel. — George Bernard Shaw

The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde, people who weren't losers but who didn't believe in the work ethic, and argued this thing about guilt or wrote philosophy about idleness. — Tom Hodgkinson

Yesterday was a beautiful tune on the lips of life and today is a silent secret. — Kahlil Gibran

I see the light in your smile. — Stevie Wonder

The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of my eating. — Jim Harrison