I’m a Buddhist. You might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia while you sit for two and a half hours listening to some twerp in a dress drone on about the virtue of wedded life but, dear as you are to me, I don’t (Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street)
Developing leaders without a model is like building a house without a plan
Developing leaders without a model is like building a house without a plan (Dr. Asoka Jinadasa)
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless (E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime)
The sky was a feather blanket of clouds, save for one blue hole in the fabric. A blue cloud in a white sky
The sky was a feather blanket of clouds, save for one blue hole in the fabric. A blue cloud in a white sky (Marie Rutkoski, The Winner’s Crime)
He discards a quilt for fear of bugs
He discards a quilt for fear of bugs (Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams)
There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety
There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety (Mary Karr)
When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line
When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line. (Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls:Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York)
When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’ – Sydney J. Harris
When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’ – Sydney J. Harris.
We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength, – Dwight D. Eisenhower
We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength, – Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends
The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends (Gwyneth Paltrow)