"Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together."

--

Source : Twitter post from Aug 17, 2013

Josette Sheeran

#Issues Quotes #Together Quotes #Persons Quotes

“The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.”
“Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie.”
“Some people never learn how to talk to kids. They turn up the volume and enunciate with extra care, as if talking to a partially deaf immigrant. They sound as if they're reading lines somebody else wrote for them, or as if what they're saying is really for the benefit of other adults listening and not just for the child. Kids sense that and turn off.”
“Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening. Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter.”
“Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a given subject, wisdom is a measure of his grip. Does he hold his ideas lightly or loosely? Will he let go when they show signs of wear or inappropriateness?”
“I didn't just want to be the one who was always looking around at the weird family members. I wanted to make my mistakes.”

Source : "Tig Notaro Is Not Afraid of the Dark". Interview With Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. November 26, 2016.
“Husband, when you tell your wife to go for counseling alone (because you think going to see a counselor is a sign you have failed) is like having a car you love overheat and deciding it's not manly to take it to the mechanic. You can keep on driving it but eventually you will ruin the engine.”
“The more he gave away, the more delighted he became.”

Source : Marcus Pfister (1992). “The Rainbow Fish”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

You may also like: