Sukey Tawdry Quotes & Sayings

half truth can be more harmful than a full lie. — Deepak Goyal

Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what? — Alison Espach

He had to do so many things and make each appear as though it were the only thing he had to do. He had to compartmentalize everything, when on one task to pretend that the others didn't exist. — Tom Clancy

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them. — Thomas Hardy

Optimism expressed as conservation of delta V. — James S.A. Corey

It's strange, but seeing something broken is somehow worse when you can tell that it used to be beautiful. — Brenna Yovanoff

Our families are often the thing that keep us stuck, — Susan Juby

daily progress is the secret of success. — Alden Mills

Old-Fashioned Pound Cake (Creaming Method) — Michael Ruhlman

Good strong thick stupefying incense-smoke! — Robert Browning

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. — Stieg Larsson

Many people help construct our attitudes at a certain time and place. — John C. Maxwell

The mere exposure effect explains many facets of our lives, such as why it's so hard to find someone who can prepare our childhood favorites like Mom did, and it also holds when we see the latest fashion trends prominently featured in stores, catalogs, and finally on people we know.
In addition, when a trend emerges, it sends the message that it's becoming increasingly accepted. When we see the supplies of multiple independent retailers simultaneously shift in one way, we assume the demand has shifted as well. Of course, the change may actually be driven by the prediction of a future shift in demand, which may or may not materialize, but it still affects people's choices. — Sheena Iyengar

I put on slight music I could ignore and started to write. The type of this music I most favored they no longer made. Turns out they asked around one day and I was the only one enjoying it so they decided to just stop making it. Most of the bands that were making the music when this decision was made simply disappeared and got real jobs, the ones that survived made different music that appealed to more people. The result was that when I listened to that music it felt a bit like travelling to the past or visiting ghosts, and this despite the undeniable fact that a very healthy portion of the music I listened to otherwise was created a far longer time ago, by people long-departed, yet produced no similar feelings. — Sergio De La Pava

Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men. So we have to work with what we get ... — Raymond Chandler