Paula Poundstone Quotes

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

I'm unshockable, fortunately - or unfortunately.

I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

It's pointless to get all huffy about stuff.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

Everything used to get under my skin, and now I'll just be like, 'That's life.' I'm so much more unbothered.

I don't mind what happens.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

I should not mind anything at all.

Socrates, on being insulted in the marketplace, asked by a passerby, "Don't you worry about being called names?" retorted, "Why? Do you think I should resent it if an ass had kicked me?

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.

It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it.

I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people. I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen

I hung out with a lot of the riders to get their attitude and they're all like men. Men among boys. They have a certain calm to them which is really impressive. They go out there and they're racing 80 miles per hour, or jumping 60 foot jumps, I think they get all their adrenaline out. So during the day, they're just quiet, aloof and stoic superheroes kinda, you know what I mean? They're very, very respectful. It's a very family oriented sport. Everybody knows everybody so there's a lot of respect and understanding.

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!

Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.

If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.

To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love nothing, and above all to be utterly indifferent to the love and hate of others.

I'm fine with whatever comes my way, and whatever doesn't come my way I'm fine with too. I have a very laissez-faire attitude with the whole thing.

I stared at the river far below. "Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer?" Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred to her. "Cats like to get as high up as possible. In case we have to pounce on something." "Great," I said. "So if we have to pounce, we're all set.