I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity. - Barack Obama
We can’t always control what happens in our lives- things will go well, things will go poorly-but what we can control is our response to those events. - Kenneth H. Blanchard
Give and receive; give big and receive big; give freely and receive freely; give poorly and receive poorly. - Israelmore Ayivor
In terms of language, there were no separate words for female genitalia for thousands of years. That was mostly because women were considered pretty much the same as men, only of course flimsier, more poorly designed, and incapable of writing in the snow. - Elissa Stein and Susan Kim
The best don’t stick around when you treat them poorly, only the desperate do. - Shannon L. Alder
i used ti think poorly of our difference, that i wanted to be with you every minute of every day, you dont se things the way i do when it comes to love, and that friction may be the reason i love you all the more. - Andrew Kadziolka
Some wear greed as a fine suit of clothes. But you, my son, bear its stamp ever more poorly. - Patrick deWitt
A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it. - Mark W. Boyer
Consciousness may be seen as the haughty and restless second cousin of morphology. Memory is its mistress, perception its somewhat abused wife, logic its housekeeper, and language its poorly paid secretary - Gerald Edelman
The only reason you continue to love someone who treats you poorly is because you don't value yourself enough. - Rob Liano
Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately. - Robert Aickman
Only bacteria thrive and live well in a poorly cared for body. - Nina Leavins
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction. - Mark Twain
If you’re treating people poorly then you're not emulating God’s love. God always resides with the broken hearted. - Shannon L. Alder
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. - Henri J.M. Nouwen
Poverty is a state of the mind that was created as a result of unhealthy environmental factors. When you are surrounded with unhealthy environmental factors, you will think poorly, speak poorly, act and behave poorly. - Uzoma Nnadi
Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly? - Sandra Day O'Connor
The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of the main ways that writing is different from ballet dancing. - John Green
The human being is a very poorly designed machine tool. The human being excels in coordination. He excels in relating perception to action. He works best if the entire human being, muscles, senses, and mind, is engaged in the work. - Peter F. Drucker
It is a shame that the Legal Aid Commission and the Aboriginal Legal Service are so poorly funded ....... State and federal governments should be addressing this issueThe Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 30 March 2014 - Abdullah Reslan Lawyer
Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all. - Isaac Asimov