Sheltered Lives famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

  • I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

  • Without time,” the angel said, “you have only the bottomless, shapeless mire of eternity.” “FYI, philosophy bores me.” “Not philosophy. Reality. Time is what gives life significance.

  • I exercise every morning without fail. One eyelid goes up and the other follows.

  • Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but a refugee-an escapist. Instead of meditation and reflection there is only speed, fear and “distraction.

  • You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action.

  • I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

  • Just know on the inside that you won't quit. That's it. There is nothing else. Shakespeare said, 'To thine own self be true'. I don't know what the @*$% he meant by that, but just don't quit on yourself. It's worth it. The juice is worth the squeeze. I assure you.

  • Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

  • I'm especially interested in relationships since that is a part of life that causes enormous pain for many people.