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Quotes About Mess

Galen met his eyes levelly, and although his pupils were still a little dilated, he was as stone-cold sober as a stoned man ever got. "We are all a fucking mess. Porn stars don't corner the market on it. They're just brave enough to do it naked, so we see it more often.
~ Amy Lane
On the off chance that you have children, don't clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris
~ Amy Sedaris
Someone once said that democracy was the flawed solution to a perfect mess …
~ Andrew J. Robinson
In the 1990s, from the estates of Scotland came the phenomenon of Irvine Welsh. 'Trainspotting' demanded its place not only in the high ranks of contemporary fiction but as a describer of a Britain that literally and metaphorically was in a deep mess.
~ Melvyn Bragg
I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.
~ Ryan Reynolds
When kids are really little, they destroy everything.
~ Drew Scott
As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big.
~ Robert Reich
And you're here too? I'm so sorry you had to get dragged into this mess. I know you didn't ask for any of this trouble." "It doesn't matter," said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. "Some things are worth the trouble.
~ Richelle Mead
Good software systems begin with clean code. On the one hand, if the bricks aren't well made, the architecture of the building doesn't matter much. On the other hand, you can make a substantial mess with well-made bricks. This is where the SOLID principles come in.
~ Robert C. Martin
The developers may think that the answer is to start over from scratch and redesign the whole system—but that's just the Hare talking again. The same overconfidence that led to the mess is now telling them that they can build it better if only they can start the race over. The reality is less rosy: Their overconfidence will drive the redesign into the same mess as the original project.
~ Robert C. Martin
We've all looked at the mess we've just made and then have chosen to leave it for another day. We've all felt the relief of seeing our messy program work and deciding that a working mess is better than nothing. We've all said we'd go back and clean it up later. Of course, in those days we didn't know LeBlanc's law: Later equals never.
~ Robert C. Martin
Battle was always a mess. The only neat battles were the ones in stories or history books.
~ Robert Jordan
drip and fling and pour color onto the glass. Then I push the paint around. You have to have some faith. If it looks like nothing, if you think you've destroyed what might have been a good painting, keep at it. If you've scraped all but a few streaks away, chances are those streaks will suggest something else. Don't give up. Don't be afraid of the mess.
~ Abigail Thomas
Start seeing the world for what it really is—dirty, rough, tragic, and beautiful. It is truly a wonderful mess.
~ Alan Graham
Life itself is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair.
~ Dorothy Day
Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.
~ Greg Brown
You know what's punk rock about marriage? Nothing. You know what's punk rock about marriage? All the puke and shit and piss.
~ Jenny Offill
Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for.
~ Jerry Seinfeld
A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.
~ Jerry Seinfeld
No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Co za syf - powiedzia? Bandurko.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
When we attempt to clear up the mess others have made, or when we love the unlovely, we demonstrate the kind of weirdness God likes. We give the lie to the evolutionary survival of the fittest maxim...
~ Ann Benton
The room wasn't a mess, but there was clutter. Last week's Observer on the arm of a chair, a couple of books on the table.
~ Ann Cleeves
Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives.
~ Mike Yaconelli