Staite Short Quotes & Sayings

Don't be closer to twice a friend's weight than to her actual weight, I told myself. This little mantra has helped me stave off obesity for more than two decades. — Mindy Kaling

A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia. — Kenneth Williams

I always spend too much time on getting the details right. That's the problem with computers. They make it possible to change too much of the music after it's been recorded. — Hans-Peter Lindstrom

Remember that you are not called to produce successful, upwardly mobile, highly educated, athletically talented machines ... Givi ng your children great opportunities is good; it is not, however, the goal of parenting. Christlikeness is. Above all, seek to raise children who look and act a lot like Jesus. — Chip Ingram

Abundance is not defined by possessions, but it is defined by inner perceptions. — Debasish Mridha

I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments. — John Darnielle

Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surrounded by bossy, hectoring voices trying to short-circuit our personal experience by super-imposing their own disappointments. Much of this bossiness masquerades as an education. — David Whyte

The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie. — Isaac Asimov

Don't just be alive; once you have arrived, find the reason why and make that reason accomplished. — Israelmore Ayivor

It was her favorite cup, emerald-green china with a rim of silver, and sturdy enough to drink from half awake without worrying that she'd crush it, the last unbroken one of a set used for company meals when she was still in Granny School. She despised the cups her mother and grandmother chose to start their days with, delicate white porcelain with the Brightwater Crest on the side, big enough to hold maybe three good swallows, and so frail they felt like eggshells in your hand. She could face those later in the day if need be, but not before breakfast, and at no time did she admire them. — Suzette Haden Elgin

Beauty - the beauty Peter craves - is this, then: a human bundle of accidental grace and doom and hope. Mizzy must have hope, he must, he wouldn't shine like this if he were in true despair, and of course he's young, who in this world despairs more exquisitely than the young, it's something the old tend to forget. — Michael Cunningham

In my mind's eye my thoughts light fires in your cities. — Charles Manson

I have also learnt sympathy with suffering. To me, suffering seems now a sacramental thing, that makes those whom it touches holy. — Oscar Wilde