Underscored Pants Quotes & Sayings

What makes humans human is precisely that they do not know the future. That is why they do the fateful and amusing things they do: who can say how anything will turn out? Therein lies the only hope for redemption, discovery, and-let's be frank - fun, fun, fun! There might be things people will get away with. And not just motel towels. There might be great illicit loves, enduring joy, faith-shaking accidents with farm machinery. But you have to not know in order to see what stories your life's efforts bring you. The mystery is all. — Lorrie Moore

Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation. — David Malpass

New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old bottles. — Heinz Guderian

She only modelled for him once,' Max said stubbornly, leaning the canvases back against the wall and replacing the sheet.
'Once, twice or umpteen times, it's proof she knew Spataro ... how shall we put it? ... on terms a man who loved her might resent.'
'There are lots of artists in Montparnasse, Appelby, and lots of artists' models.'
'I wouldn't like it. And I bet Sir Henry didn't like it either.'
'There was nothing between Corinne and Spataro.'
'That's the problem, isn't it?' Appelby pointed with the stem of his pipe at the shrouded paintings. 'There may have been *literally* nothing between them. — Robert Goddard

Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it. — Gary Busey

Imagination, thought, may be admirable mechanisms but they can also be inert. Suffering alone sets them going. — Marcel Proust

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are. — Wynton Marsalis

In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts ... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not. — Jessica Alba

There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up ... The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber ... To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right. — Martin Luther King Jr.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people. — Laurie Anderson

I can't tell jokes.'
'Mr. Grey! Something you can't do?' I grin at him, and he grins back.
'No, hopeless joke teller.' He looks so proud of himself that I start to giggle. — E.L. James

He was so beautiful. I felt something catch in my chest and knew it was just him, taking my breath away. — Mia Sheridan

If you must use dumbbells for daily training, use heavy ones with fewer repetitions rather than light bells with numerous repetitions — Arthur Saxon

While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow. — Drew Ginn