Astuto Despierto Quotes & Sayings

They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows. — Adam Garcia

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic! — Mika.

I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long dead. I think myself cured of all spite, but when I touch pen to paper, the hurt of a boy bleeds out with the sea-spawned ink, until I suspect each carefully formed black letter scabs over some ancient scarlet wound. — Robin Hobb

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space. — Edward R. Tufte

The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever. — Grace Slick

Words, like anything else used too often, soon depreciate in value, lose their edge, and cease to bite into our lives. When phrases, such as unconditional love, trip too easily off the tongue, the speaker's ego may experience a temporary rush of exhilaration using an in salvation slogan, but his heart remains unchanged. — Brennan Manning

We ignore the gods and fill our minds with trash. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Embracing doubt is sometimes threatening, as we fear losing our faith if we explore our doubts. Following that thought, if one loses one's faith, then as some religions dictate, that individual cannot enter heaven. Since heaven is the reward of an earthly existence, doubt becomes the enemy of this reward. — David W. Earle

If you were going to make a message last, how would you do it? Would you carve it into stone? Etch it into gold? Would you make your message so potent that people couldn't resist passing it on? Would you build a religion around it, maybe get people's souls involved? Would you, perhaps, establish a secret society? Or would you do what Gerritszoon did? SLIDE — Robin Sloan

While we're obsessed with here and now, God is focused on forever. — Liz Curtis Higgs