Wintermute Family History Quotes & Sayings

A nation discovers its truest dignity when it cherishes the dignity of those from whom it has not heard for a very long time. — Sally Magnusson

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader. — Judy Biggert

The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason. — Charles Caleb Colton

Life ... is a burden. The day about to begin is an oppressive weight ... The erect penis is heavy, even heavier the hanging one. Even the most tender breast has to be dragged along. — Jean Amery

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity. — Gail Sheehy

In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later. — Rick Warren

My scalp tingled like Christmas candy on a cold tongue. — Amber Dermont

I think I have a pattern of nice and lovely and then dark and twisted. — Ryan Murphy

One looks down from the Brooklyn Bridge on a spot of foam or a little lake of gasoline or a broken splinter or an empty scow; the world goes by upside down with pain and light devouring the innards, the sides of flesh bursting, the spears pressing in against the cartilage, the very armature of the body floating off into nothingness ... One walks the street at night with the bridge against the sky like a harp and the festered eyes of sleep burn into the shanties, deflower the walls; the stairs collapse in a smudge and the rats scamper across the ceiling; a voice is nailed against the door and long creepy things with furry antennae and thousand legs drop from the pipes like beads of sweat. — Henry Miller

But the answer isn't just to intimidate people into consuming more 'serious' news; it is to push so-called serious outlets into learning to present important information in ways that can properly engage audiences. It is too easy to claim that serious things must be, and can almost afford to be, a bit boring. The challenge is to transcend the current dichotomy between those outlets that offer thoughtful but impotent instruction on the one hand and those that provide sensationalism stripped of responsibility on the other. — Alain De Botton

Perhaps strength doesn't reside in having never been broken, but in the courage required to grow strong in the broken places. - Kristen — Carine McCandless

Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites. — George Bernard Shaw

Because it's unacceptable that the aid worker's chauffeur only speaks his own tribal language, an applicant is needed who also speaks English fluently - and, ideally, one who is also well mannered. So you end up with some African biochemist driving an aid worker around, distributing European food, and forcing local farmers out of their jobs. That's just crazy! — James Shikwati