Zippertubings Shrink N Repair Quotes & Sayings

On top of physical pain like a metaphysical pinprick, writing abounds. — Julio Cortazar

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous. — George Washington

Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing. — J. Michael Straczynski

Now look: Droplets of oil were dotted across the front of her best dress, over the mound of her stomach. She was clumsy and fat-stomached and she didn't even have the sense to wear an apron while she was cooking. Also she had paid way too much for this dress, sixty-four dollars at Hecht's, which would scandalize Ira if he knew. How could she have been so greedy? She dabbed at her nose with the back of her hand. Took a deep breath. Well. Anyhow. — Anne Tyler

Give me your resolve. Believe in Yuna. — Yuna

Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations. — Samuel Johnson

The world goes by, the young and the hopeful, all head for their future. Where does that leave us? There is a misconception that we have reached our destinations the moment we grow old, but it is not a well-accepted fact that we are still travelling towards those destinations, still beyond our reach even on the day we close our eyes for the final time. — Tan Twan Eng

Reasoning beats remembering. — Jack Heath

Do we call the star lost that is hidden / In the great light of morn? — Phoebe Cary

Be patient, do nothing, cease striving. We find this advice disheartening and therefore unfeasible because we forget it is our own inflexible activity that is structuring the reality. We think that if we do not hustle, nothing will happen and we will pine away. But the reality is probably in motion and after a while we might take part in that motion. But one can't know. — Paul Goodman

Fond and protective equals love? I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. — Rachel Hartman

I believe that this instinct to perpetuate useless work is, at bottom, simply fear of the mob. The mob (the thought runs) are such low animals that they would be dangerous if they had leisure; it is safer to keep them too busy to think. A rich man who happens to be intellectually honest, if he is questioned about the improvement of working conditions, usually says something like this: "We know that poverty is unpleasant; in fact, since it is so remote, we rather enjoy harrowing ourselves with the thought of its unpleasantness. But don't expect us to do anything about it. We are sorry for you lower classes, just as we are sorry for a cat with the mange, but we will fight like devils against any improvement of your condition. — George Orwell

Being a complete juvenile delinquent helped me grow up a little. — Johnny Knoxville