Adorada Quotes & Sayings

Capitalism is not the simple desire to make a profit. Capitalism is the fantasy that growth can continue at a consistent rate indefinitely. When a child is young, it cannot yet imagine being an adult, so it thinks it will keep on growing forever. The fantasy that you can grow forever is exhilarating, one of the many aspects that make children seem so alive. We live in fantasy, all of us, all of the time, to a greater or lesser extent. — Jacob Wren

I can't bear to finish things, beyond a certain point they get heavy. There's something so dead about a finished painting. — John Updike

There's no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I've seen to an expression I've heard someone use. — Catherine Tate

I've met so many fans of daytime television who've watched the shows with their moms and grandmas and feel like they've known the characters their whole lives. It's sad for them to have to say goodbye to their favorite soaps and characters. We don't want that to happen to the 'Days' fans. — Alison Sweeney

There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. — Marilynne Robinson

One never knows how loyalty is born. — Robert Morse

If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've got 10 ideas and we really only have the budget for one of them, then we have to pick the best one that is our most creative element. — Thomas Ian Nicholas

Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers. — Al Franken

clients you'd swear up and down were total, unmitigated slobs, but they're actually the opposite - so hell-bent on 'clean and tidy,' they can't even start. Rather than fail, they give up. Their standards are so high, they're overwhelmed before they start. To them, it's better not even tackling the job. — Sue Grafton

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature. — Sarah Orne Jewett

No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession. — Henry David Thoreau

In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others. — Tom Metzger

The three Secrets of Fatima were closely held by the Vatican for decades, until the text of the third and last secret was finally released in 2000. — Peter J. Tanous