Skimmed From The Couch Quotes & Sayings

Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on the impossibility of ever getting a state of complete and permanent satisfaction with what you have, and you become a pessimist. Dwell on the opportunity for endless growth and conquest which this same fact makes possible, and you become an optimist. — William DeWitt Hyde

I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional. — Beck

Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet. — William Shakespeare

Yeah, right. Life is a soul-sucking test that you either survive or you fail. Personally, I think failure blows, so I intend to survive and laugh my ass off at all the losers. (Nick) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I can feel their Threads waiting. — Susan Dennard

If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the fundamental concepts of any particular science for those of metaphysics. — Etienne Gilson

Philosophy is a will to confront human artifice with its outside, with Nature. — Maurice Merleau Ponty

I've been longing for,
Daisies to push through the floor,
And I wish that plant life would grow all around me,
So I won't feel dead anymore. — Owl City

Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ. — Martin Luther

That's right. Watch closely, so there's no fucking way you can miss how indisputably beautiful you are, because I don't intend to argue about this again. The next time I tell you you're gorgeous, you're going to say, 'Damn right I am. — Samanthe Beck

Look, Haley's comet! — Philip K. Dick

Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like it, people in charge would not have, sadly, enough impetus to do, as cliched as it sounds, the right thing. — Jonathan Coleman

She felt empty yet full, spent yet bursting with energy, drowsy yet wide awake. She felt love. — Andrea Lochen

America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will. — Christie Brinkley

If I work hard and am rewarded, then I haven't really gained anything. It has been a trade: I've put in, and I've gotten back. Only if I am rewarded without having done anything have I actually come out ahead. The best way to gain the most is to do nothing. — John S. Hall