Tricia Griffith Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps the way to succeed is to think of life on Earth as a colossal joke, a creation of such immense stupidity that the only way to live is to laugh until you think your heart will break. — Meg Rosoff

The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man. — Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Society has made it so I have to get paid in order to do basic things like eat and be indoors and not be naked. Once that's happened, morality's bound to get slippery. — Karin Lowachee

Our nation declared a war on people trapped in racially segregated ghettos - just at the moment their economies had collapsed - rather than providing community investment, quality education, and job training when work disappeared. Of course those communities are suffering from serious crime and dysfunction today. Did we expect otherwise? Did we think that, miraculously, they would thrive? — Michelle Alexander

We say that God is true; that the Constitution of the United States is true; that the Bible is true; and that the Book of Mormon is true, and that Christ is true — Joseph Smith Jr.

It's hell when the person you know you are isn't the person people see when they look at you. — Mark Winegardner

Oppression porn - (1) The depiction of poverty, oppression, and/or despair with the intent of provoking moral arousal. Frequently appears as digital media, literature, and pseudo-immersive favela tours. The most common side effect is a dangerously inflated sense of national and/or cultural superiority. — T. Geronimo Johnson

These writers take the essence of every person around them, turn them into books and stories without permission or even a simple thank-you, and want all the credit and glory for themselves. — Matthew Pearl

Beauty gathered in the brightness of the sunny hours - is often best remembered in the quiet dark. — Winston O. Abbott

Outside, a ceiling of pearly gray clouds coalesced over Manhattan, and the apartment had grown dark. It just keeps dripping. It's been like this all week, .. Rain would be a relief. — Joan Didion

Call me 'that-weird-chick-who-says-"fuck"-a-lot'" is probably more accurate, — Jenny Lawson