Spongelike Quotes & Sayings

Hey, guys, do you remember that time I was double-seat-belted in the wayback and the door flew open and the beer fell out but I survived completely uninjured? How is that even possible? — John Green

In all assemblies, though you wedge them ever so close, we may observe this peculiar property, that over their heads there is room enough; but how to reach it is the difficult point. To this end the philosopher's way in all ages has been by erecting certain edifices in the air. — Jonathan Swift

I do not know what happened with your parents or why they did what they did. But in all the world, I could have wished for no daughter but you. — John Stephens

I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime. — Sebastian Bach

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance. — Nicholas Sparks

The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself. — Ernest Jones

I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious. — Paul McCartney

I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul. — Fernando Pessoa

Life is not outside of you. You are life. — Jaggi Vasudev

I understand why people do vote on the conservative side of the ticket because people have a tendency to go for strong governments when really, from an idealistic point of view, it's a bad thing. — David Lloyd

I felt like no one was really looking out for me, that I was marginal and incidental. I compensated by being spongelike, impressionable, and available to whatever and whoever provided the most comfort, the most sense of belonging. I was learning two sets of skills simultaneously: adaptation - linguistic and aesthetic - in order to fit in, but also, how to survive on my own. — Carrie Brownstein

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. — Robert South

An old campaigner, he did not speak until we were on the sidewalk. "What's up?" "Jem's got the look-arounds," an affliction Calpurnia said all boys caught at his age. — Harper Lee