"Are there any punishments in life but our joys turned against us?"

-- Elizabeth Bibesco

#Punishment Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that.”
“I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.”
“nothing can wear you out like caring about people”

Source : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
“I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked name, so it will be something that we always have to deal with. I never needed to change it. It was always fine with me. It is a strange name; that's for sure.”
“I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.”

Source : "A Beautiful Mind" by Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.
“The motivation comes from the embarrassment of having lost and the way it sits with you.”

Source : Source: www.independent.co.uk
“You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Guilt is the mafia of the mind.”

Source : Bob Mandel, Robert Steven Mandel (1984). “Open Heart Therapy”

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