Skowronski Quotes & Sayings

Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men. — Henry MacKenzie

Time the healer (Time the killer) flies faster here in Rome than anywhere else in the world, I believe ... here in Rome there are or seem to be strange differences in the value of things. For instance, the pound weight, instead of being sixteen ounces, is only twelve; the foot measure, instead of being twelve inches, is only nine; and I think, in some way, this must apply to time as well, so that the hour, instead of being sixty minutes long, is only forty-five! — Charlotte Saunders Cushman

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Dead man, dead man
When will you arise?
Cobwebs in your mind
Dust upon your eyes — Bob Dylan

I am sure now that life is not what it is purported to be and that nature, in the canny words of the Scotch theologue, 'is not as natural as it looks. — Loren Eiseley

Don't you know it's rude to stare?"
"I was not staring."
"You're looking at me like I'm your next meal. I believe I already wasted a glass of Pinot telling you to keep your hands to yourself, don't push me again. — Kerry Heavens

So it's tempting to read other people's lives as cautionary fables or repudiations of our own, to covet or denigrate them instead of seeing them for what they are: other people's lives, island universes, unknowable. Not — Tim Kreider

Now is the time to alter our government. Now is the time to stop the movement toward oligarchy. Now is the time to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1% ... No more excuses. We must all become involved in the political process. — Bernie Sanders

Experience is the treasure of any persona. — Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

Open your heart, quiet your mind, and tune in to your feelings, knowing, perceiving and imagining, at first, that divine light, guides and angels are all around you. The more you consciously try to perceive reality beyond your physical realm, the more quickly you will open to fully experience the energies that are present. — Melanie Beckler

I never knew my mother's name. — Zoe Marriott

Because the past isn't just obdurate; it's in harmony with both itself and the future. — Stephen King

Our suffering does not make us weak; only our avoidance of suffering makes us weak. And that avoidance - the avoidance of legitimate suffering - is unfortunately bolstered by the cultural attitudes of a society obsessed with cheap and easy happiness. — Marianne Williamson