“We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make mistakes. We need grace. We need compassion. We need help at times. We need other people. And that's okay.” PeopleLifeNeedsHelpingPerfectMistakeCompassionGraceOkayMachinesLive LifeMaking MistakesHappy LifeNot PerfectNeed HelpWe Make Mistakes Book:If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Source: If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
“I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.” WayChildrenLittlesSaidDifferentEnoughKidsChangedGrewMomInternetComputerGrew UpOkayMachinesMy ChildrenElectricityTeenageAnswering MachinesTeenage Life Author:Jennifer Egan
“I never have free time, I don't know about you. You ever go to the cash machine, there's two people in line in front of you and you get kinda flustered, you're like "Forget it! I'm not standing here for 40 seconds. I got things to do, okay?"” PeopleKnowsTwoHumorFunnyLinesForgetFrontsStandingOkayMachinesThings To DoSecondsCashForget ItFree Time Author:Jim Gaffigan
“If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.” PeopleIfsHas BeensTwoDifferentReasonMotivationChoicesTakenFameOkayMachines Author:Alanis Morissette
“I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.” FirstsLongMadeStillsNamesHoursMy FriendsOkayMachinesMadRealisingRobotsGigsFlorence Author:Florence Welch
“How do we beat her? I asked. You pretty much don’t, Horus said. She is the incarnation of the sun’s wrath. Back in the day when Ra was active, she would have been much more impressive, but still. .She’s unstoppable. A born killer. A slaying machine— “Okay, I get it!” I yelled.” Has BeensSaidStillsBornSunBeatsOkayMachinesActiveKillersWrathImpressiveIncarnationUnstoppableBack In The DaySlayingHorus Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“Australians are very unfair in this way. They spend half of any conversation insisting that the country's dangers are vastly overrated and that there's nothing to worry about, and the other half telling you how six months ago their Uncle Bob was driving to Mudgee when a tiger snake slid out from under the dashboard and bit him on the groin, but that it's okay now because he's off the life support machine and they've discovered he can communicate with eye blinks.” WayCountryEyeBitsHalfWorrySupportDangerMonthsConversationSixOkayMachinesCommunicateDrivingBobUnfairUnclesTigersSnakesSix MonthsOther HalfBlinkOverratedInsistingDashboards Author:Bill Bryson