Aceasta Parte Quotes & Sayings

I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there. — Richard Rogers

I do not live in the present ... I AM the present. — Paul Palnik

To us, the argument for material well-being might seem uncontroversial. But in the eighteenth century, material prosperity was frequently condemned as "luxury" by religious and civic moralists. It was not a morally neutral word but a pejorative one, connoting not comfort but excess, the possession of nonnecessities. The notion of luxury was intricately connected with the existence of a recognized social hierarchy: what was necessary for those of high status was regarded as excessive for those of low status. Luxury meant the enjoyment of material goods not appropriate to one's station in life. Critics of luxury saw it as confounding social ranks. P. 40 — Jerry Z. Muller

War is in the eyes. — David Douglas Duncan

You resist my words because of your own insecurities and the fear that right now you could be the God that you truly are. — Jamila Hammad

Ya know, you're not supposed to fall in love with anyone when I'm not around to threaten them. - Jase — H.R. Willaston

That kiss was everything. She didn't fight it and I gave her what I needed to give her - my heart. — Martha Sweeney