Winbush Grill Quotes & Sayings

The results of ethnic psychology constitute, at the same time, our chief source of information regarding the general psychology of the complex mental processes. — Wilhelm Wundt

To weigh three hundred pounds. What devout vulgarity. It seemed a worthwhile goal for prospective saints and flagellants. The new asceticism. All the visionary possibilities of the fast. To feed on the plants and animals of earth. To expand and wallow. I cherished his size, the formlessness of it, the sheer vulgar pleasure, his sense of being overwritten prose. Somehow it was the opposite of death. — Don DeLillo

She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things. — Betty Smith

I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert. — Mary Anne Radmacher

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. — Khalil Gibran

By the end of the first decade of writing, I considered myself a confirmed failure in the eyes of the world. — Ben Fountain

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. — Jean De La Bruyere

and he, Hugh Person....began to undress her in the motels of his mind — Vladimir Nabokov

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come. — A. J. McLean

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud. — Vernon Howard

Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching. — P.T. Barnum