Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. —Stephen King More about this quote Tags: words writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t. —Miranda July in No One Belongs Here More Than You More about this quote Tags: silence speech Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All grand thoughts come from the heart. —Luc de Clapiers More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. —Anatole France More about this quote Tags: power weakness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. —Thomas Edison More about this quote Tags: knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He’s broken because he doesn’t keep going after those things happen. —Courtney Milan in Unraveled More about this quote Tags: sadness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. —H.P. Lovecraft More about this quote Tags: work enthusiasm Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. —Jef Mallett More about this quote Tags: opinion thoughts Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A cult is a religion with no political power. —Tom Wolfe More about this quote Tags: religion cult Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? —Ray Bradbury More about this quote Tags: importance emotion anger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People loved you in the way they knew how—and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed. —Josh Lanyon in The Dark Tide More about this quote Tags: love relationships knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. —Joseph Brodsky More about this quote Tags: reading knowledge specialization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. —A. J. Liebling More about this quote Tags: news knowledge information Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. —Peter McWilliams More about this quote Tags: fear mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you’re unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously. —Tom Robbins in Jitterbug Perfume More about this quote Tags: happiness universe self-centeredness attitude unhappiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email