Surveyed Land Quotes & Sayings

I am already socially disabled; I don't need to be mentally disabled on top of that. — Leila Sales

If we are able to meet these two requirements - regularity in meditation and leading a good life in society, day-to-day a good life - then nothing would be unattainable by us. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

No one ever owns a cat," he corrected her. "You share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respect . . . although somehow the cat always comes out ahead of the deal. Siamese particularly have a way of getting the upper hand. — Lilian Jackson Braun

The choice of daring life is a great spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling. — Nalo Hopkinson

Forget about weird Boy and move on — Laura J. Burns

She wasn't born in the normal way. She was literally born from
thoughts. Her children are born the same way. When Athena falls in love with a mortal man, it's purely intellectual, the way she loved Odysseus in the old stories. It's a meeting of minds. She would tell you that's the purest kind of love. — Rick Riordan

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables. — Julia Child

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you. — Ben Folds

There was a wise old owl who sat in a tree
The less he spoke the more he heard
The more he heard the less he spoke
Why can't we be like that wise old owl in the tree?
Speech must die to serve that which is spoken. — Paul Ricoeur

Best safety lies in fear. — William Shakespeare

My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded. — Giada De Laurentiis