Unappreciative Parents Quotes & Sayings

In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity. — Marcel Duchamp

Women, at 50, are on a plateau with their careers, but later they ascend. — Tracey Emin

When you act on your impulses to play, when you are open to the possibilities in each moment, you replace your fears with self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal strength. — Sandra Magsamen

My age fallen away like white swaddling
Floats in the middle distance, becomes
An inhabited cloud. — Philip Larkin

It was the union of Franks, Goths, and Roman provincials against these Asiatics that produced the basis for modern France. — Robert D. Kaplan

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. — William Shakespeare

More than ever knowing in his fragile bones that it was the duty of men who aspired to the condition of humanity to protect children and kill for them if necessary. — Paulette Jiles

Guy between boyfriends #6 and #7
Paul Diaz, Twenty-Something
He was in her watercolor class, so cute and the sweet kind of shy. They obviously clicked, the attraction thrilling between them, inspiring her to relish the infatuation freshman-style and write his name in her notebook in curvy, flowery script. She gave him openings but guessed he was too timid to ask her out. The day after finals, she ran into him at the deli on campus and thought she had nothing to lose.
"My work is having this fancy dinner party next weekend, the food's supposed to be great. Would you like to go with me?"
"Oh, uh, maybe, I'll have to check," he said. Then, "What was your name again?"
There's always something to lose. — Shannon Hale

An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of character becomes of rare attainment, if possible. — Amos Bronson Alcott

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. — Max Planck