Quotes for All
the recurrent drama of menstrual bleeding must have been unnerving to primitive peoples. In man, the shedding of blood is always associated with injury, disease, or death. Only the female half of humanity was seen to have the magical ability to bleed profusely and still rise phoenix-like each month from the gore. Estelle Ramey
Myths that need clarification: No matter how many times you see the Grand canyon, you are still emotionally moved to tears. False. It depends on how many children the out-of-towners brought with them who kicked the back of your seat from Phoenix to Flagstaff and got their gum caught in your hair. Erma Bombeck
The miracle has passed me by; it has touched but not changed me; I still have the same name and I know I will probably bear it until the end of my days; I am no phoenix; resurrection is not for me; I have tried to fly but I am tumbling like a dazzled, awkward … Read more
Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes. Enid Bagnold
James Dean taught me not to speed, River Phoenix taught me not to DO speed, and Marlon Brando taught me to slow down on the cheeseburgers. Emile Hirsch
It may be said of happy marriages as of the phoenix – there is but one a century. Elisabeth Charlotte d’Orleans
Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland. Edward Abbey
One day soon you will meet a man, and he will rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and it is my greatest hope that he will not give you syphilis. Friedrich Nietzsche
I love using unique names, so I go to a baby names site on the Internet and use the unique names. Sometimes my names have meanings such as ‘strong’, ‘fire’, and Phoenix which means dark red and is Greek. It’s fun to think of a name meaning and matching it with a name. Even Frances … Read more
Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = ex, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, is its own derivative? Francois Le Lionnais