A Quote by David Levithan

Family, like arsenic, works best in small doses...unless you prefer to die.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
American - Writer
Born: September 7, 1972

A family is like medicine." She twisted her lips into a sardonic smile. "Best in small doses.

Alexandra Ivy

When you have committed an action that you cannot bear to think about, that causes you to writhe in retrospect, do not seek to evade the memory: make yourself relive it, confront it repeatedly over and over, till finally, you will discover, through sheer repetition it loses its power to pain you. It works, I guarantee you, this sure-fire guilt-eradicator, like a homeopathic medicine - like in small doses applied to like. It works, but I am not sure that it is a good thing.

Mary McCarthy

Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs.

Michael Baden

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

Russell Baker

I love Paris, but it's not a city I would like to live in. It's one of my favorite cities but just in small doses.

Sara Sampaio

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

Tim Ferriss

The people are to be taken in very small doses.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom!

Vincent Van Gogh

Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.

Honore de Balzac

I don't like MTV, and I don't like the culture that goes with it. It's OK in very small doses, maybe. Nevertheless, it's a social reality and has influenced how kids perceive things around them, the pace of life and the way people do things.

Seymour Papert

Like: 'Don't walk out there with one hand in your pocket unless there's somethin' in there you're going to bring out.' You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. You've got to be able to take a chance to die. And you have to die lots. You have to die all the time.

Bill Murray

When I speak to a victim or their family, people who were left bruised and battered by someone, and can give them some small relief, I know I'm winning in some small way, and I'm part of a process that sometimes works.

Loretta Lynch

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Wislawa Szymborska

From the very beginning of my life, people have always enjoyed it when I was around for a couple of days at a time. So, I think, most people in touring bands are best in small doses. That's why we turn up in a town, play and then we leave before anyone can get sick of us.