Unenviable Destiny Quotes & Sayings

With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty. — Iain Duncan Smith

We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues. — Hannah More

I myself have always, since that day, felt it my duty to give alms to murderers in Eastern lands. — Marmaduke William Pickthall

One single glance will conquer all descriptions. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wrong," he growls in a voice I've never heard. "Very, very wrong, Chastity. If we were together and didn't work, I'd be out you. You're the one I can't lose — Kristan Higgins

To go abroad has something of the same sense that death brings. I am no longer of ye-what ye say of me is now of no consequence. — Mark Twain

I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it. — Kathryn Lasky

Everyone can afford to give away a smile. — Carl Jung

From a purely tourist standpoint, Oxford is overpowering, being so replete with architecture and history and anecdote that the visitor's mind feels dribbling and helpless, as with an over-large mouthful of nougat. — Margaret Halsey

In short, pornography is not about sex. It's about an imbalance of male-female power that allows and even requires sex to be used as a form of aggression ... But until we finally untangle sexuality and aggression, there will be more pornography and less erotica. There will be little murders in our beds - and very little love. — Gloria Steinem

I cried with pride as I looked into the face of a midwife from the next generation of baby catchers. — Peggy Vincent