#mis

Some kids get called 'bundles of joy' or 'slices of heaven' or 'dreams come true.' We got 'the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments.' Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive. ↗

— James Patterson

#euphemisms #humor #max #maximum-ride #maxride

I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#any #apologize #better #family #first

The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#economy #i #just #last #misunderstand

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#lessons #mistakes #only

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. ↗

— Titus Livius

#men #misfortunes #recognize #slower #than

People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#enjoy #health #hoard #like #misers

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#believe #bruised #come #even #having

Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#broad #development #economist #intellectual #intellectual development

Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything... but you don't have to be miserable about it as well. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#anything #change #just #just one #miserable

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. ↗

— Leo Strauss

#fundamental #god #premise #therefore #unknowable