Albertico Puyol Quotes & Sayings

No person is more ruthlessly cheated than someone strip-mined of his or her ability to recall the vibrancy of the past. After all, what would any person be if robbed of all sense of long-term memory? Without memories, all that any person would know about life is if he or she was hungry or thirsty, cold or hot. Without memories of the past and shredded of any illusion of a future there cannot be a frame for our existence. Without a sense of memory, we lack cognition of the very essence of our being. In absence of our memories, there can be no introspection, no ethical awareness, and no devotion, loyalty, or love. — Kilroy J. Oldster

she pulled up a tall stool. Moe, who was tending bar, took one look at her — Lisa Bambrick

If you allow someone to control you, you surrender part of your power to them. — Rebekah Elizabeth Gamble

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize. — George H. W. Bush

In ancient Greece more than one royal house was guilty of crime which became the stuff of tragedy: now Rome was to follow the same path - but not in vain; for that very guilt was to hasten the coming of liberty and the hatred of kings, and to ensure that the throne it won should never again be occupied. — Livy

No body told you to call your band Salacious Mold, my friend. — Cassandra Clare

Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it ... only business people think it isn't necessary to train. — Tom Peters

The seductive power of sex and money is nothing compared to that of words. — Marty Rubin

People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others. — Robert Jensen

TAKE A minute to list the top five or six things you feel called and committed to in this season of life. Seeing them written on paper, in order, can help us orient ourselves and make decisions that spring from those priorities. — Shauna Niequist

At crucial junctures, every individual makes decisions and ... every decision is individual, — Raul Hilberg

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory. — Jello Biafra

I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if my parents' God, their whole belief system, is just something concocted by a bunch of scientists to keep us under control? And not just their beliefs about God and whatever else is out there, about right and wrong, about selfishness? — Veronica Roth