The perjurer's mother told white lies. —Austin O'Malley More about this quote Tags: lies mothers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a mother respects both herself and her child from his very first day onward, she will never need to teach him respect for others. —Alice Miller More about this quote Tags: learning teaching respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Tags: misfortune boys affection mother consequence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror, that confidence of success that often induces real success. —Sigmund Freud More about this quote Tags: life success mothers favoritism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity on the side of the other parent. —Elinor Goulding Smith More about this quote Tags: children parents blame environment fault Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It gives one a feeling of confidence to see nature still busy with experiments, still dynamic, and not through nor satisfied because a Devonian fish managed to end as a two-legged character with a straw hat. There are other things brewing and growing in the oceanic vat. It pays to know this. It pays to know that there is just as much future as there is past. The only thing that doesn't pay is to be sure of man's own part in it. There are things down there still coming ashore. —Loren Eiseley More about this quote Tags: wonder life change growth fish Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. —Woody Allen More about this quote Tags: wonder knowledge confusion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The first mystery is simply that there is a mystery, a mystery that can never be explained or understood, only encountered from time to time. Nothing is obvious. Everything conceals something else. —Lawrence Kushner More about this quote Tags: wonder mystery explanation obvious Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. —Veronica Roth in Allegiant More about this quote Tags: fear others loneliness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes. —John Galsworthy More about this quote Tags: being becoming eyes mouth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest. —Frank Sinatra More about this quote Tags: relationships intelligence women boredom Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love. —Leslie Fiedler More about this quote Tags: love anger rage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves. —Dorothy Parker More about this quote Tags: necessity luxury Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: knowledge belief lies lying intimacy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget. —Franklin P. Jones More about this quote Tags: memory forgiveness forgetting irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email