Quotes by American Authors - Page 112

The man was rude, crude, and inappropriate. I was taken with him the moment I walked in the door, and I knew the first moment I saw him that it was going to be raw, it was going to be ugly, and I was going to enjoy every damn minute of it.
C.M. Stunich
Fuck your manners.""You don't have to settle for just my manners.
Nenia Campbell
What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
You know, a cell phone's like a guy; if you don't plug him in every night, charge him good, you got nothing at all.
Catherine Coulter
Sex either blows your fucking mind, or it’s not good enough.
Karen Marie Moning
...as if someone had thrown a hand grenade into the middle of a teddy bear orgy and the only survivors had had their fur blown off.
Christopher Moore
It's cooler to be strong.
Lady Gaga
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.
Clark Zlotchew
Lady and gentleman, when my parents left Korea with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the considerable wealth they had amassed in the shipping business, they had a dream. They had a dream that one day amid the snowy hilltops of western North Carolina, their son would lose his virginity to a cheerleader in the woman's bathroom of a Waffle House just off the interstate. My parents have sacrificed so much for this dream! And that is why we must journey on, despite all trials and tribulations! Not for me and least of all for the poor cheerleader in question, but for my parents and indeed for all immigrants who came to his great nation in what they themselves could never have: CHEERLEADER SEX.
John Green
When you are relaxed about where you are at in life, things tend to flow more fluidly. It is as if you poke three holes in a bucket of water. The same amount of water is going to flow out the holes whether you let it flow or you shake the bucket. The difference is the amount of turmoil on the inside of the bucket!
Jennifer O'Neill
Single ladies, the only thing we need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued.
Mandy Hale
Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you.
Mandy Hale
Happily Single is holding out for the best and letting go of the rest. It’s saying “I will and I can” to YOURSELF before you say “I do” to someone else.
Mandy Hale
When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
Mandy Hale
It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure.
Mandy Hale
Here's a glorious thought: You don't have to settle. Ever. In life, in love, in your career…ANYWHERE!
Mandy Hale
A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know.
Mandy Hale
Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it.
Mandy Hale
She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom.
Mandy Hale
There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman.
Mandy Hale
No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is where your power lies.
Mandy Hale
A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.
Mandy Hale
God can turn your biggest flaws into your biggest cause.
Mandy Hale
That’s the thing about fear. It can only hang around until faith enters the room, then it’s forced to flee.
Mandy Hale
Red flags are moments of hesitation that determine our destination.
Mandy Hale
Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget.
Mandy Hale
Your message, your ministry, your influence is built from your flaws. People relate to HUMANITY...not perfection.
Mandy Hale
Keep your head up, your faith strong, and your eyes open for the little miracles all around you…because they are there, just waiting to be discovered.
Mandy Hale
If something on the inside is telling you that someone isn’t right for you, they’re NOT right for you, no matter how great they might look on paper. When it’s right for you, you will know. And when it’s not – it’s time to go.
Mandy Hale
It's a lot harder to get someone OUT of your life than it is to let them IN, so please…be selective.
Mandy Hale
True strength is knowing that you don't have to be strong every single second of the day.
Mandy Hale
Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too.
Mandy Hale
In the midst of our struggle to find out who we are, there are infinite possibilities for beauty, and hope, and wonder, and love.
Mandy Hale
The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain. It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.
Mandy Hale
There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.
Mandy Hale
If you’re still waiting for it, it mean you’re not yet ready for it…whatever “it” is…so stop looking at waiting as a punishment and start looking at it as preparation!
Mandy Hale
Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone's heart.
Mandy Hale
We are not on this earth to just stand still & look pretty. The museums already have enough statues.
Mandy Hale
You don't have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.
Mandy Hale
She hasn’t got it all figured out...far from it, in fact.But she loves God and she loves to dance…and she’s her own “Better Half.”The bravest woman I know?She is the reason I do what I do.She is The Single Woman.She’s me…and she’s you.
Mandy Hale
Single" means you are brave enough to face the glorious unknown of the unaccompanied journey.
Mandy Hale
Anxiety and depression, and the physical symptoms they cause, are merely distractions and smokescreens to “protect” you from dangers, which are usually, imaginary.
Charles F. Glassman
A sense of accomplishment Ahh yes. There's just (Nothing like it) Today, KNOW You can make it happen like no other. It's the Truth. Lean into the direction of your dreams today. Everything is brewing for you, all that you want is on the brink of complete overflow. Get out of your own way and Allow the overflow to happen.
Sereda Aleta Dailey
To stop being resistant to your success coming together, just say Yes.
Sereda Aleta Dailey
Replace the word can’t with can. Know that you can, believe that you can, and know with ALL of your heart that you will. You will succeed in spite of any obstacles that may try to hinder you! There’s so much power in having a positive attitude, positive mindset, and positive outlook.
Stephanie Lahart
Every person with ADHD already knows that destination addiction is part of their disorder. However, if it doesn’t have a positive outlet, it can destroy your life. It is not another person that will make your life better; it is the qualities in them that you admire. Incorporate those attributes into your own life and you won’t miss a thing.
Shannon L. Alder
Ambition is like a plague that can only be cured by success.
Terrance Robinson- Artist Educator Scholar Entrepreneur
Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down.
Germany Kent
As a recent editorial in the Journal of Clinical Oncology put it: "What we must first remember is that the immune system is designed to detect foreign invaders, and avoid out own cells. With few exceptions, the immune system does not appear to recognize cancers within an individual as foreign, because they are actually part of the self.
Barbara Ehrenreich
When you're a light instead of a dim switch, your brightness radiates in every direction.
T.F. Hodge
Something important I have learned is patience, and turning each failure into a learning experience. ..Instead of calling them "failures" I call them "lessons". Instead of saying, "I failed at that," I say, "I learned from that." Each failure has taught me something incredibly valuable and by recognizing this I can see the hand of God in my life in situations where most people would feel abandoned by Him.
Lindsey Rietzsch
Incorporate daily programs on positive thinking as a counterbalance against the negativity you may encounter in pursuit of your dreams.
Ken Poirot
A positive mindset alone in the absence of hard work will get you nowhere.
Ken Poirot
Your attitude can either be your best friend who has your best interest at heart or your worst enemy who wants to see you fail, destroy your life, and be miserably unhappy. It’s imperative that you check your attitude. Make sure that your attitude is working for you, not against you. There’s limitless value in having a positive, empowered, and optimistic attitude! Choose wisely which attitude you give life to.
Stephanie Lahart
Don’t settle for living mediocre. Focus on all the positive and embrace it. Ignore the negative and be thankful for every single day.
Germany Kent
As every good marxist already knows, the ideological shift toward a terminally optimistic humanism was vital to the rise of bourgeoisie, and the decline of aristocracy.
Terre Thaemlitz
I certainly don’t buy into the idea that positive attitudes can somehow mysteriously directly influence physical health outcomes.
James C. Coyne
I will always find a way and a way will always find me.
Charles F. Glassman
Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE.
Mandy Hale
You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.
Mandy Hale