Skrvzy Quotes & Sayings

You yourself don't have to be shaken by mortal danger in order to feel your mortality. — Seamus Heaney

People from context cultures tend to view personal bonds and informal agreements as far more binding than any formal contract. People from content cultures don't believe the deal is finalized until everyone has signed on the dotted line. And therein lies the potential for conflict. — Carol Kinsey Goman

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself. — Shawn Johnson

Yeah school girl, cool girl. Your dress is sexy and your momma is a cougar. — J. Cole

You are either born a writer or you are not. — Cormac McCarthy

Soon as you ask someone how they are and they give you a hint of mediocrity or less, say, 'The Universe wants you to know that I love you. — Ace Antonio Hall

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. — Jackie Robinson

Mayonnaise, like hollandaise, was invented by the French to cover up the flavor of spoiled flesh, stale vegetables, rotten fish. Beware the sauce! Where food comes beslobbered with an elegant slime you may well suspect the integrity of the basic ingredients. — Edward Abbey

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.
The only sense to make of tragedies like this is that terrible things can happen to perfectly innocent people. This understanding inspires compassion.
Religious faith, on the other hand, erodes compassion. Thoughts like, 'this might be all part of God's plan,' or 'there are no accidents in life,' or 'everyone on some level gets what he or she deserves' - these ideas are not only stupid, they are extraordinarily callous. They are nothing more than a childish refusal to connect with the suffering of other human beings. It is time to grow up and let our hearts break at moments like this. — Sam Harris

If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny brown freckle to her huge brown eyes. — Annabel Pitcher

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher. — Harlan Coben

Nobody involved in a conflict thinks they're the villain. — David Wong

Are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground — Pat Schneider

Summer brings sunshine, warm and flowering. — Lailah Gifty Akita