Unexceptionality Quotes & Sayings

Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity. — Erich Fromm

The higher power, mighty God! — Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to take things with a lot of laughter. I laugh with everyone; this way, I will be able to die happy. — Azzedine Alaia

I read things that male relationship experts write about women and I read things that female relationship experts write about men, then I feel a true sadness in my heart. Why can't there be a simple, pure, direct openness? Why can't there be a simple, real, open trust? The truth is that male or female, gay or straight - we are all people - we have all been broken and put back together in so many different ways ... it's really just about learning how to recognize the sound of the other one's cracks. And that's what it's really about, just that. — C. JoyBell C.

It was getting harder and harder to be around her without touching her, kissing her, making her his once and for all. — Cathryn Fox

He hovered on unexceptionality. — Colson Whitehead

Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find. — James Carville

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating. — Kathy Acker

My dad is a very snappy dresser; he gets all his stuff tailored. He's an architect, so he's a little more artistically minded. — Mindy Kaling

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly. — Tim Ferriss

During the rule of the Southern Dynasties (A.D. 317-589), one Chinese princess argued that she, like her brother the emperor, was entitled to a harem. Her wishes prevailed, and she was assigned thirty male "concubines."10 — Stephanie Coontz

He was a mediocre man. He had led a mediocre life exceptional only in the magnitude of its unexceptionality. Now the world was mediocre, rendering him perfect. He asked himself: How can I die? I was always like this. Now I am more me. He had the ammo. He took them all down. — Colson Whitehead

I believe you can train yourself to become a positive thinker, but you must cultivate a desire to develop the skill of setting personal worthy and realistic goals. I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don't set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When you learn to master the principle of setting a goal, you will then be able to make a great difference in the results you attain in this life. — M. Russell Ballard