#prom

I never got to take Agatha to the prom. I never took anybody. At the time I was OK with going alone, but now it pisses me off. Since even Sam said no to me, and Sam was the school’s only hermaphrodite, I decided to wear a tuxedo dress. I was prepared to dance with myself all night long. I wore roller skates to the dance, both as a fashion statement and as a means of transportation. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#prom #funny

Compromise is a stalling between two fools. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#foolishness #fools #humor #humor

There's more than one way to skin a cat, my father used to say; it bothered me, I didn't see why they would want to skin a cat even one way. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#humor #method #wisdom #humor

Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]? ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#double-standards #gender #hypocrisy #immorality #men

Obama was 200 percent advertising. I promote myself to sell my brands. Because now I am a kind of celeb. I am in a different world than the fashion industry. I am with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Madonna. I build me as a celebrity. ↗

— Christian Audigier

#am #because #brands #build #celebrity

Often subtle clues are not obvious enough for the stubborn or stupid. This is when God stops throwing crumbs and starts throwing the whole piece of bread. If you step on moldy bread then you know you have waited too long. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#discerning-whispers #fate #inspiration #promptings #signs

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#created #equal #every #nation #our

Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them,” I said. Isaac shot me a look. “Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Don’t you believe in true love? ↗

— John Green

#love #promises #the-fault-in-our-stars #truth #love

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom. ↗

— Andrew Murray

#humility #leadership #promotion #leadership

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder? ↗

— Ayn Rand

#life #self #soul #life