Underwhelm Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it ... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline ... reintroducing a lazy mind into the life of the Spirit. — Marcel Proust

I have surrounded myself with very smart people. — Dolly Parton

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along. — John Darnielle

We define love the way we experienced it. — M.F. Moonzajer

A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship. — Adam Levine

To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time. — Anton Szandor LaVey

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. — Theodore Sturgeon

When material is in profusion, the mind gets lazy and leaves everything to it, forgetting that for a successful feast of joy its internal equipment counts for more than the external. This is the chief lesson which his infant state has to teach to man. There his possessions are few and trivial, yet he needs no more for his happiness. The world of play is spoilt for the unfortunate youngster who is burdened with an unlimited quantity of playthings. — Rabindranath Tagore

All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins. — Anatole France

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. — David Brooks

Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing. — Peter Drucker

Not giving is no different than taking. — David Sedaris

The annoying thing about time is that it takes time...but no amount of it is enough when you are waiting to be sure. Time alone can tell you what will last. — Mil Millington

The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is, every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right. — Newt Gingrich

So intent was Frank upon solving the puzzle of Lemarchand's box that he didn't hear the great bell begin to ring. — Clive Barker