Szdes Quotes & Sayings

My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours? — Neal Shusterman

However, correlation does not necessarily imply causation. The fact that people tend to carry umbrellas when it rains creates a high correlation between umbrella carrying and rain showers. However, it is obvious that choosing to carry an umbrella does not cause rainfall. — Eugene Soltes

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. — Rumi

When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really the beginnings of any kind of music. It really is; it all starts there. Because after that, it's music of the moment. — Paul Weller

If I somehow felt like having a site which strictly validates was an indication of my manhood, maybe I'd do it, but it really means very little to me. We're mavericks over here, what can we say? — Mike Davidson

If you pretend
everything's fine long enough,
everything eventually becomes fine. — Lisa Kleypas

Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial. — Neal A. Maxwell

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Have you ever fully realized that life is, after all, merely a series of habits, and that it lies entirely within one's own power to determine just what that series shall be? — Ralph Waldo Trine

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. — Damien Hirst

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize there are more flavors of pain than coffee ... Pain does two things: it teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed ... and everything that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one way or another. (pg. 282) — Jim Butcher

People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse. — Ben Bernanke

I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called 'Starry Room' and then I started turning over a new leaf. — Jaden Smith

Presently the small of coffee began to fill the room. This was morning's hallowed moment. In such a fragrance the perversity of the world is forgotten, and the soul is inspired with faith in the future ... — Halldor Laxness