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Ruts Quotes

It's hotter than a snake's ass in a wagon rut.

"Fictional character: Adrian Cronauer". "Good Morning, Vietnam", www.imdb.com. 1987.

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances Smith Foster (1990). “A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader”, p.397, Feminist Press at CUNY

Old carts can be repainted but they still keep moving in the same old ruts

Mongo Beti (1978). “Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness”, Heinemann Educational Books

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Robert H. Schuller (1988). “Living Positively One Day at a Time”, Berkley

No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.

Guy Finley (2010). “The Courage to Be Free: Discover Your Original Fearless Self”, p.99, Weiser Books

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

Others see their possibility in the reality of you. Your message is your life lived.

Neale Donald Walsch (2005). “Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Richard Rorty (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1933”, p.136, SIU Press

A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.

Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale (2015). “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds”, p.78, Lulu.com

I think often women can feel isolated and feel like they get into a rut and don't quite know how to get out of it.

"Cate Blanchett Knows You're Zooming in on Her Pores and She's Cool with It". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.marieclaire.com. February 29, 2016.

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

Ruth Gordon (1949). “The Leading Lady: Play in Three Acts”