Thumma Realty Quotes & Sayings

The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read. — Christina Rossetti

If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism. — Henry Rollins

Exercise like a beginner if you ARE a beginner. — Dana Gore

Why are you choosing to be unhappy, when you're created for happiness? — Debasish Mridha

Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make. — Bo Burnham

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week. — Duffy Daugherty

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on. — Geoffrey Boycott

Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment. — Matthieu Ricard

Pippin ordered Childeric III tonsured and sent to a monastery, where he died five years later, the last of the Merovingians. — Susan Wise Bauer

He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed. — Henry David Thoreau

If you feel afraid, you can make yourself courageous by acting courageous. If you are feeling unhappy, by deliberately acting happy you can induce happy feeling. If you are lacking in enthusiasm, by simply acting enthusiastic you can make yourself enthusiastic. — Norman Vincent Peale

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. — David Mamet