Quotes for All
It is upsetting to many parents that their teen-agers introduce them to their friends as encyclopedia salesmen who are just passing through … if they introduce them at all. I have some acquaintances who hover in dark parking lots, enter church separately and crouch in furnace rooms so their teen-agers will not be accused of … Read more
When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they’re not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They’re upset because they’ve gone from supervisor of a child’s life to a … Read more
Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don’t want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don’t want to hurt people. Erica Jong
You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don’t upset people, but you have to find your own way. Erica Durance
I don’t let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore. Eric Shanteau
no expectations, no disappointments! Eric Jerome Dickey
To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium. Eric Hoffer
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, ‘Bring back the spikes, Dad.’ Eric Bana
Isn’t this a wonderful country? I was in Florida. I’m staying at a motel called the Three Palms. It’s run by a middle-aged couple, one of whom is missing a hand. OK! That’s what I thought, too! But they got upset when I asked. Emo Philips
I don’t really care if people get upset. I think I’m doing my job if people get upset; I want them to think! We all want them to think, hopefully. Emma Caulfield