J.D. Roth Quotes

I really care about where things are going. I care about what people are feeling and I like to ask the question why.

The way we do anything is the way we do everything. The way we eat is the way we live.

I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is next, I will be better than I am now.

I know that people think I'm a party king; but, face it, if I finished the bottle every time I took a drink, I wouldn't be able to do the aerials I do onstage.

That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.

There are no uncontaminated angels

Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art.

Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.

Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.

Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

I can teach you to jump up in five seconds-it takes years to learn how to land properly.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

Art is not just ornamental, an enhancement of life. It is a path in itself, a way out of the predictable and conventional... a map to self discovery.

I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

The only people who put iced tea in Jack Daniel's bottles is the Clash baby!

You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love and be loved, you can change.

A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.

You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.

Did you ever meet someone named Caleb?" I say. 'Caleb," Fernando says. "Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up." he smirks.

Seeing is believing and believing is knowing and knowing beats unknowing and the unknown.

If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not and whether they know it or not.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness.

I been blessed with an opportunity, I'm extremely appreciative of it, but if I'm not enjoying it then I messed up, real bad.

Healing is about being awake. Being broken and whole at the same time.

I'm gonna abandon my spirit to them, which is actually what I attempt to do. You work yourself up into that state and you fall in supplication of the demon gods.

I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know.

Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.

Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she's gone. She's gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it's all I can do.

You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.

A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.

The most important part of any rock song is the guitar solo.

I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.

Sometimes I just... want to see it again. Want to see you awake.

Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art.

Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet.

To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.

Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

Your voice takes you to your heart.

No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or enlightened you think you are, how you eat tells all.