Skip to main content

The World Owes You Nothing Quotes

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
- Mark Twain

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
- Maya Angelou

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Time Spent With You Quotes

I don't regret a single second that I spent with you." I smiled wryly at him. "No time spent with you is wasted. - S C Stephens No time spent with you is wasted. - S C Stephens
Post a Comment
Read more

Wild One Quotes

... the twin concepts of nihilism and the antihero have had it. What began with The Wild One and James "nobody understands me" Dean, ran with increasing vehement negativism up through the Stones and Velvets and Iggy... [I]t may be time, in spite of all indications to the contrary from the exterior society, to begin thinking in terms of heroes again, of love instead of hate, of energy instead of violence, of strength instead of cruelty, of action instead of reaction. - Lester Bangs See I'm the reckless and wild one who saves him from being boring. It's why we're perfect for each other. We balance. - Madame Selena - Sherrilyn Kenyon It is the tame elephants who enjoy capturing the wild ones. - George Bernard Shaw She is not for you. She is a wild one--wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi. - Bernard Malamud One's very own free, unfettered desire, one's own whim, no matter how wild, one's own fantasy, even though sometimes roused to th...
Read more

Eye Contact Quotes

If you must eat a banana in public, never make eye contact. - Darynda Jones I hope the two of you will descend from your love bubble long enough to learn something today," he sniped cuttingly and the other kids snickered. Embarrassed, I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with them. "It's all right, sir," Xavier replied. "The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it. - Alexandra Adornetto The trick is not to make eye contact. They don't charge if you don't make eye contact. - Sarah Addison Allen I'm Emma. I'm here to make you see the meaning of your life. Her exalted words were totally conquered by her dragging tone and lack of eye contact. - Debra Anastasia I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy. - Ilona Andrews So just look mean and don't make eye contact with anyone. (Syn) Gee, hon, you take m...
Post a Comment
Read more