"Just begin a story with such a phrase as 'I remember Disraeli - poor old Dizz! - once saying to me, in answer to my poke in the eye,' and you will find me and Morpheus off in a corner, necking."

-- Dorothy Parker

#Eye Quotes #Phrases Quotes #Stories Quotes

“You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.”
“Money is a life skill – and as parents, grandparents, interested adults – it's up to us to make sure our children are prepared for the financial world they are going to face.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sharon Lechter from Oct 04, 2013
“Larry Summers is to modesty what Madonna is to Chastity.”

Source : "The World According to Larry" by Moises Naim, foreignpolicy.com. November 11, 2009.
“And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.”
“I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.”
“I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me.”

Source : Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.143, Basic Books
“In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).”

Source : Joy Browne (2011). “Dating For Dummies”, p.2, John Wiley & Sons
“You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.”

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