A Quote by Phyllis McGinley

suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient.

Phyllis McGinley

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Entertaining Ingredient Martini Necessary Small Suffering Vital

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Phyllis McGinley
American - Author
March 21, 1905 - February 22, 1978

Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.

P. J. O'Rourke

There is something about a martini, Ere the dining and dancing begin, And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth- I think that perhaps it's the gin.

Ogden Nash

You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth and one of the shortest-lived.

Bernard DeVoto

I have either a cucumber martini, gin martini, or a vodka martini. That's it. Simple.

Robert De Niro

The reason for the emphasis on shamanism and on other techniques is, you will need techniques if you go into the deep water. And they can make your life very simple and save you from unnecessary suffering. Not all suffering is necessary. Maybe no suffering is necessary.

Terence McKenna

True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

Eckhart Tolle

I think, as an actor, it is good to feel the fear of failing miserably. I think you should take that risk. Fear is a necessary ingredient in everything I do. But if I do 'Hamlet,' it will probably be in a small theater on a small stage, and it will have to be very, very soon because I'm getting a little long in the tooth for it.

Johnny Depp

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

Terry Pratchett

How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. So, I sat down and ordered a drink." This time, I did lean my forehead against the steering wheel. "What did you order?" "A martini." "A martini." I lifted my head. "You ordered a martini before a job interview." "It's a bar, Sage. I figured they'd be cool with it.

Richelle Mead

Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature.

Don Marquis

'Mirage' was an attempt to get back into the flow that 'Rumours' had. But we missed a vital ingredient. That was the passion.

Christine McVie

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Pio of Pietrelcina

Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.