Thayers Slippery Quotes & Sayings

My life is not only about my strengths and virtues; it is also about my liabilities and my limits, my trespasses and my shadow. An inevitable though often ignored dimension of the quest for "wholeness" is that we must embrace what we dislike or find shameful about ourselves as well as what we are confident
and proud of. — Parker J. Palmer

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy. — Honore De Balzac

My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics. — Joel Burns

Their woes gone by, and both to heaven upflown, To bow for gratitude before Jove's throne. — John Keats

The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease. — B. J. Palmer

The Jesus Creed teaches us that a disciple's responsibility is to love God by following Jesus. You only follow someone else when your own lights or sense of direction are not good enough. — Scot McKnight

With tybo men there isn't much difference between fucking and killing. — Tom Spanbauer

There is more power in the open hand than in the clenched fist. — Herbert Newton Casson

The fact that he doesn't smoke and fears alcohol almost as badly as he fears hungries and junkers does nothing to tarnish this dazzling vision. He'd be the man, nonetheless. One of those guys who gets a nod or a word from everybody when he walks into the mess hall, and takes it as his due. A man whose acknowledgement, when granted, confers status on those who get a nod or a word in return. The — M.R. Carey

Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. — Gary Ross

Yes,yes, damn tedious waste of an evening. — Jane Austen

The faltering of our suburban living arrangement is probably certain. The response of suburbanites is not. Will they elect maniacs who promise to make America just like it was in 1997? Will there be a desperate attempt to sustain the unsustainable by authoritarian measures? Will the institutions of order and justice fail in the process? — James Howard Kunstler

I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me. — Lucy Punch

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' — Prince