Unferth Quotes

#1. Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. Humans, we just hop out of things, off things. We splatter ourselves in inappropriate places. Because we have nothing to live for. Because we want to destroy what we can. Because we want to be something we can't. Because we don't really believe we can die.

Deb Olin Unferth

#3. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

John Steinbeck

#4. It takes bravery to care for someone - no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or walking or jumping out of windows. The risk involved is enormous.

Deb Olin Unferth

#5. The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance

Karl Popper

#6. Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Amy Chua

#7. To have attained to the human form is a source of joy ... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.

Zhuangzi

#8. We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.

Dan Marino

#9. People tend to marry people with similar-width noses, eyes similarly apart, with complementary immune systems.

David Brooks

#10. Chemistry is one of these crazy things you can't teach or learn or you can't fake. You go in hoping it will work, hope that you will connect with the other actors. I was fortunate on 'Modern Family' and 'The Procession.' They are great people, very easy to like.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

#11. Howard's enchanting Hospice obeys its own magical inner logic with excellent prose and a sadness that will split open hearts. You have in your hands a story that is inquisitive, gripping, and triumphant.

Deb Olin Unferth

#12. I'm just figuring out being able to understand that it's cool for me to date, and have guys be interested in me, and be interested in guys.

Guy Branum

#13. My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.

Kate Bush

#14. Suffering for your art is most definitely overrated but I do get a certain, I don't know, satisfaction from being able to deal with my paranoia and insecurity.

Beth Gibbons

#15. Motto for latin countries: If you're not late, you're not on time

Bogdan Vaida

#16. People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

Max Anders

#17. If I'm going to fail, I want to fail trying.

Tiffany Hawk

#18. His hand came up to cup my cheek and he whispered, Cookie, pay attention. I'm gonna give you everything.

Kristen Ashley