Szangvinikus Quotes & Sayings

All through the day, whenever the sadness comes, I pinch my arm to make the sadness go there. That takes it out of my heart. When I go to bed that night, I see a bruise on my arm. — Cathryn Clinton

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. — Charles Darwin

To encounter me now at age sixty-six is to be unable to imagine me at fifteen ... — Richard Ford

Down the road in the rain and snow
The man and his machine would go
Oh the secrets that old car would know
Sometimes I hear him sayin' ... — Marc Cohn

The writer's life [is] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can quite easily be buried, or half-buried, by the life. — Julian Barnes

He needed to get away from the rush of the city, from the unceasing noise and annoying obligations. — Francine Rivers

My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo. — Dikembe Mutombo

Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when we were working the sheep one time? She said it's no good to complain about your flock, because it's the put-together of all your past choices. — Barbara Kingsolver

I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had taken to nailing weasels to my front door again. — Warren Ellis

How come I can pick my ears but not my nose? — Ani DiFranco

The central idea of this book is that the self is a process, not a thing or an entity. The self isn't something outside experience, hidden either in the brain or in some immaterial realm. — Evan Thompson

I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreement, though. — Cheryl Hines

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal. — Michael Sam

Goals that people set for themselves and that are devoted to attaining mastery are usually healthy. But goals imposed by others--sales targets, quarterly returns, standardized test scores, and so on--can sometimes have dangerous side effects. — Daniel H. Pink