Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
#quotes #james-thurber #truth #human

In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
#quotes #archibald-hill #medicine

I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
#quotes #garth-ennis #stories

There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
#quotes #rem-koolhaas #architecture #dutch

The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
#quotes #rick-santorum #government #family

Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
#proverbs #scottish-proverbs #carpe-diem #life #death

Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
#quotes #john-spence #vision

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
#quotes #ken-follett #james-bond #eating

A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
#proverbs #children #daughters

I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
#quotes #brigitte-bardot #courage

If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
#love #romance #cute

Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
#quotes #haruki-murakami #emptiness

Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
#quotes #marquise-de-sevigne #marie-de-rabutin-chantal #feelings

Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
#quotes #sherrilyn-kenyon #stupidity #change #xypher #acheron

Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
#quotes #mindy-kaling

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
#quotes #william-shatner #supernatural

Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
#quotes #harry-enfield #men

I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
#quotes #ronald-reagan #politics

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
#quotes #ward-mcallister #eating

Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
#quotes #jane-jacobs #society #innovation #economy

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
#quotes #paulo-coelho #the-alchemist #universe #inspiration #wish

The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
#quotes #christopher-nolan

As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
#quotes #gena-showalter #teenage