Attacco A Pearl Quotes & Sayings

It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music? — Voltaire

To venture into space we must be strong-willed and determined. We must be fully committed to its exploration and discovery; space permits no half measures and is unforgiving of mistakes. — Henry Joy McCracken

Though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken? — Lorrie Moore

I'm bouncing up and down next to Beck, and his arm is around my waist because it's second nature to reach out and grab something during a race. To grab it and hold on, or shake it, or just feel that it's there and you can steady yourself against it to bring yourself back to earth when the race is done. — Mara Dabrishus

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical. — Clifford Geertz

Tell him I hate him to his guts and the marrow of his bones! — Diana Gabaldon

The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live. — Blaise Pascal

O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should be. May I never look at the other findings until I have come to my own true conclusions: May I care for the least of the young: and become aware of the one poem that each may have written; may I be aware of what each thing is, delighted with form, and wary of the false comparison; may I never use the word "brilliant." — Theodore Roethke