Yearkings Quotes & Sayings

And this is where
you want to live
forever - to grow so
transparent, so fragile,
even the weight of the sea
cannot crush you. — William Greenway

Do not taste food while you're cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it. — Phyllis Diller

We are a simple creation ever eager to complicate ourselves. We are a loving animal, capable of showing so much love, who even though does not walk on all-four, is also capable, many a time, of nefarious, savage, demeaning, degrading and unfathomable acts against fellow humans. — Levi Cheruo Cheptora

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen. — Mason Cooley

JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?
MAE WEST: I was doin' my best to hide it. — Mae West

someone did better than you because they didn't follow a rule and were not caught. And you do not want to be the person everyone else dislikes and thinks of as a cheat. — Daniel Thomas

When life knocks you down and you land on your knees, you are in the best position to pray. — Mitch Kynock

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry.
Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories.
McGough: Really? When?
Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time ... — Graham Chapman

It's funny how, having nice thoughts in your head, it is so pleasant to pull them all out and think them all over again. — Maureen Daly

How do we work with our minds when we meet our match? Rather than indulge or reject our experience, we can somehow let the energy of the emotion, the quality of what we're feeling, pierce us to the heart. This is easier said than done, but it's a noble way to live. It's definitely the path of compassion - the path of cultivating human bravery and kindheartedness. — Pema Chodron

She is of the north. She deserves better than a butcher. — George R R Martin

Religion was the creation of fear. Knowledge destroys fear. Without fear, religion can't survive. — Michael Moorcock

The present is no more exempt from the sneer of the future than the past has been. — Cassius Jackson Keyser