Wachtenheim Quotes & Sayings

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility. — Roy Baumeister

Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"? — George Carlin

Ideas tyrannize the man who has but few. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

They found what was waiting on the other side: a pleasant room with a horrible monster in it. Apparently, when they were younger, they had the same monster in their closet, and when their parents chased it away, the monster pined until it could finally call to them to come through the broken doors to the Land of the Monsters, where they could be a family forever. The book ended with the implication that now the children would become monsters, too, and would eventually leave the Land of Monsters to find closets, and children, of their own. — Mira Grant

People from outer space they come up to me, they don't look like Doctor Spock, they don't look like Klingons, all that Star Trek jive. They look like Elvis. — Mojo Nixon

Pain is a symphony - a complex response that includes not just a distinct sensation but also motor activity, a change in emotion, a focusing of attention, a brand-new memory. — Atul Gawande

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband. — Madeleine L'Engle