Unostentatious Synonym Quotes & Sayings

People jeopardize their lives for the sake of making the moment livable. Nothing sways them from the habit - not illness, not the sacrifice of love and relationship, not the loss of all earthly goods, not the crushing of their dignity, not the fear of dying. The drive is that relentless. — Gabor Mate

In Texas, rocks are considered an adequate weaponry during schoolyard scuffles. Dallas children carry a brace of loaded pistols, a concealed Derringer, and a 6 inch Toadsticker in one boot. That's the girls of course. Boys bring howitzers to class. — Mary Doria Russell

Sometimes words aren't needed for you to know a change has come upon you. — Samantha Young

Lange claimed that every photograph was a self-portrait of the photographer. — Geoff Dyer

I hope there's always at least a small part of me that's always surprised, always taken aback, always childlike or innocent. — Zachary Levi

The age of a woman is not important: you can be wonderful in your 20's, amazing in your 40's and stay fabulous for the rest of your life. — Coco Chanel

Many questions were troubling the explorer, but at the sight of the prisoner he asked only: "Does he know his sentence?" "No," said the officer, eager to go on with his exposition, but the explorer interrupted him: "He doesn't know the sentence that has been passed on him?" "No," said the officer again, pausing a moment as if to let the explorer elaborate his question, and then said: "There would be no point in telling him. He'll learn it on his body. — Franz Kafka

Among civilized peoples, especially the very wealthy population of the United States of America, women have become objects of luxury who consume but do not produce. — Vilfredo Pareto

Egocentric: A person who has his I's too close together. — Evan Esar

I need to make money. If I don't, I cannot survive. — Lou Jiwei

Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than to mortify and depress them, and, in truth, our own private interest concurs in it, as it is making ourselves so many friends, instead of so many enemies. — Lord Chesterfield

When you're a child, you crave formal recognition; you crave ceremony, celebration, certification of proof. — Kaui Hart Hemmings

Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities - those of compassion, understanding, and loving kindness. — Nhat Hanh

The average American worker gets something like 14 days of paid vacation. In my school, you'd use up ten of those taking care of your kids on teacher professional days, then tack on a couple more for kids getting sick. — Hanna Rosin