Substantive Representation Quotes & Sayings

Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the more we know personally about our own human frailties. — Blanche Lincoln

A relapse doesn't mean you'll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development. — Philippa Perry

I'm persuaded today that the only way you can get into another country with a different culture from your own is to find a local partner who knows the market. Discovering this felt like small children discovering that if you put a bobby pin into an electric plug you get a shock! — Roberto Civita

The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones. — Soren Kierkegaard

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. — Maxwell Maltz

Heightened awareness often gives the illusion that a problem is lessening. This is most often not the case. It may mean simply that a problem has become so widespread it can no longer remain hidden or be ignored. — Bell Hooks

If we want sincere harmony, peace and joy in our lives, we can have them, but we must be willing to do the work. We must make maintaining an awareness of our spiritual natures first in our lives. Our inner world is the architect of our external world. We don't lose faith in the goodness of life because we become angry and depressed. We become angry and depressed because we lose faith in the goodness of life. — Susan L. Taylor

Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life — Michael Palin

I've been driving in the city for years because, as a stand-up in N.Y.C., you can perform at more comedy clubs a night if you have a car. Getting from club to club by subway is too slow at night and too expensive by cab. So, many comics live far out from Manhattan and drive in every night. — Judah Friedlander