Barbara Strozzi Quotes

The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from the practical and enriching sense of ourselves as embodied beings. When we are alienated from the wisdom of the body, our lives become theoretical and abstract, and we are distanced from the direct, felt sense of living. ~ Richard Strozzi-Heckler

As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation offers a definitive ground and a sensibility of genuine care. At the core this book offers a way of thinking about human beings that makes action and practice central to learning. This is a no-nonsense, generous, pragmatic book that belongs on the shelf every coach, novice or veteran. ~ Richard Strozzi-Heckler

[On Kay Strozzi in The Silent Witness:] Miss Strozzi ... had the temerity to wear as truly horrible a gown as ever I have seen on the American stage ... Had she not luckily been strangled by a member of the cast while disporting this garment, I should have fought my way to the stage and done her in, myself. ~ Dorothy Parker

Hey, you're not supposed to find our magnificent organs amusing. ~ Barbara Elsborg

May the energy of the day always call for celebration. Barbara Botch ~ Barbara Botch

That should give him time for another wank. It was a good job masturbating didn't make you go blind. ~ Barbara Elsborg

Oh God, can I keep you? You don't need batteries, do you? ~ Barbara Elsborg

Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female. ~ Barbara W. Tuchman

I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore. ~ Barbara Boxer

The secret to life is to live as though you know the secret.
Barbara Botch ~ Barbara Botch

When the public nerve is aroused, the most impressive capacity of man is his skill for lying. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

The urge to transform one's appearance, to dance outdoors, to mock the powerful and embrace perfect strangers is not easy to suppress.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets, 260. ~ Barbara Ehrenreich

Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Taking responsibility is a step toward redemption. ~ Barbara Delinsky

mimosas dug for water and women like Auntie washed ~ Barbara Mutch

It's what you do that makes your soul. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

in something for him, so I bought some white ~ Barbara Pym

What a knot of history one mistake can become. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

He needs to go rub his soul against life. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Teenage boys were just a loose aggregation of appetites. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

I have long relied on the comforts of martyrdom. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Paris is always a good idea...
Audrey Hepburn ~ Barbara Donsky

She would die of him or be cured. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Edit your author as you would be edited. ~ Barbara Sjoholm

I'm in it for the metaphor. ~ Barbara Stoner

Unfortunately, there isn't a rewind button to life. ~ Barbara Brooke

At first, they would walk in silence, then their voices ~ Barbara Demick

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. ~ Barbara Tober

Over the phone, her laughter sounded like a warm bath. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Five days and the train has passed through many underworlds. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic. ~ Barbara Demick

A taste for better stuff is cultivated only through experience. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

A mother's unfulfilled ambitions lie heaviest on her daughters. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Perhaps all love had something of the ridiculous in it. ~ Barbara Pym

Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Sometimes grown ups don't act their right old age ~ Barbara Park

Cheer Up the worst is yet to come! ~ Barbara Johnson

The clock gulps softly, eating second whole while she waits ... ~ Barbara Kingsolver

You could allow a gentleman the privacy of his piss. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Every family's its own trip to China. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

You are every missing part of me. ~ Barbara Avon

Concentrating when it's the hardest is what builds character ~ Barbara Delinsky

Transcending reality by exploring it one story at a time... ~ Barbara Cutrera

There is no temptation from outside the heart. ~ Barbara Hambly

stopped: a final swish in the tall grass ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Superstition has its practical uses. ~ Barbara Mertz

Daddy and I got married kind of accidentally. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

All hope and future lost in a day. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Everyone wants the tallest tree to fall ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Put the baby on the paper. ~ Barbara O'Connor

Her every possession was either unbreakable, or broken. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Life is hard and then we die! ~ Barbara Johnson

You must understand the language of your enemy. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

The writing of fiction is a dance between truth and invention ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Move on. Walk forward into the light. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

We seem to be built with a faulty gauge for moderation. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

We went on record as half-bad musicians having wholehearted lives. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Is there any sadder sight than a burnt out library? ~ Barbara Vine

Ceremony-the wine of human existence - Morris R. Cohen ~ Barbara Jonas

There is a deep connection between technical, scientific, and artistic creativity. ~ Barbara Oakley

Casual Italian loafers. One enterprising soul actually wore field-hockey shoes. ~ Barbara Bretton

Out. He watched her when they were at Kate's tennis ~ Barbara Delinsky

I swear, the cats did know me. They came without pause, ~ Barbara Delinsky

I felt the breath of God go cold against my skin. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

We walk towards nowhere, one foot in front of the other. ~ Barbara Hodgson

Mark Twain had written somewhere: We are all mad at night. ~ Barbara Vine

before returning. "It's for you, Allie. ~ Barbara Warren

The truth needs so little rehearsal. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

From the fallen tree everybody makes firewood. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

I'm not a one-issue person. ~ Barbara Bush

Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Or the quaking misgivings that infected every step forward, after a loss. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Why should it feel so risky to count concretely on a future? ~ Barbara Kingsolver

I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it. ~ Barbara Pym

No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Anybody with a functioning brain cannot not know that something is wrong. ~ Barbara Demick

Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

You must do something to make the world more beautiful - Ms. Rumphius ~ Barbara Cooney

Top-heavy sunflowers droop, their leaves baked golden by the August sun. ~ Barbara Stuber

Throughout her career, Ana Barbara has cultivated endless hits; each of her albums was a true musical surprise ... this is why today she is honored with the title of Queen of Grupero. ~ Ana Barbara

I write. See you there. ~ Barbara Johansen

Maybe his stuff was so good it made her think she could fly! ~ Barbara Neely

she considered a language that could carry nothing but love and simple truth. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Good ideas ought not to be dressed up in bad prose. ~ Barbara Minto

Even when change is welcome, adapting to it doesn't always come easily ~ Barbara Morgenroth

There is never any valid reason for not being in full mental focus. ~ Barbara Branden

Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

There is no point in doing something unless you do it well. ~ Barbara Delinsky

I don't usually have facials. ~ Barbara Fialho

Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents ~ Barbara Longley

Penitence is more attainable than permission. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

King Billy nectaring on the harbinger. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

There will never be another Frida. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

I'm a little old-fashioned. ~ Barbara Bush

gentle curves that had not been ~ Barbara Delinsky

God speaks for the silent man. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

But luck is just throwing dice. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

People had to manage terrible truths. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

What happened at school, she said. ~ Barbara Park