Anglada Paintings Quotes & Sayings

Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/. — Mark Forsyth

I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it. — Joe Haldeman

It is our earth, not yours or mine or his. We are meant to live on it, helping each other, not destroying each other. This is not some romantic nonsense but the actual fact. But man has divided the earth, hoping thereby that in the particular he is going to find happiness, security, a sense of abiding comfort. Until a radical change takes place and we wipe out all nationalities, all ideologies, all religious divisions, and establish a global relationship - psychologically first, inwardly before organizing the outer - we shall go on with wars. If you harm others, if you kill others, whether in anger or by organized murder which is called war, you, who are the rest of humanity, not a separate human being fighting the rest of mankind, are destroying yourself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it. — Freddie Prinze Jr.

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot. — Jill Abramson

I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong."
'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted.
"And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name ... — Catherynne M Valente

Eruption of joy at the fall of an Indian wicket can only mean one thing — Harsha Bhogle

Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big as our idols in T.S.O.L. or certainly not the Ramones. — Dexter Holland

You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths. — Peter Drucker

I like to put people into situations that are out of their comfort zone and see what happens. — Lynn Shelton

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are — Suzanne Collins

We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs. — Kanye West

Few novelists can be more scrupulous than Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters. — Mary Lascelles