Azulejos Tiles Quotes & Sayings

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever. — James Russell Lowell

God holds the power of authentic freedom that both begs and invites us onward to wild liberation. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Then there is the matter of the presidential untruths. The problem is not just that Barack Obama says things that are untrue but that he lies about what Barack Obama has said. He brags that he set red lines, but then he says it was the U.N. had set red lines. He boasts of pulling out every U.S. soldier from Iraq but then alleges that President Bush, the Iraqis, or Maliki did that. He claims that ISIS are Jayvees but then claims they are serious. But his prevarication too is habitual and was known in 2008 when it was discovered that he had simply misled the nation about his relationships with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. He had no desire, in the transparent manner of John Kerry, Al Gore, John McCain, or George W. Bush, to release his medical records or college transcripts. If Americans find their president ill-informed, there was no record that he was informed in 2008. His gaffes were far more frequent than those of Sarah Palin, who knew there were 50 states. — Anonymous

Not only CAN anyone be an entrepreneur, but they MUST be. — Reid Hoffman

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others. — John Engler

Part of what I feel is that the so-called bad fairies are really only there to get you to pay some attention. They trick you up until you're lying flat on your back and you literally have another point of view. They're about loosening up being rigid. They trip you over to break the barrier between you and the world. So their so-called "badness" actually can be quite instrumental in helping you with things. — Brian Froud

She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all. — Bob Hope

Feminism's latest victory: the right to get your limbs blown off in war. Congratulations. — Tucker Carlson

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a golden bonding of patience and love will help form a person into an exquisite masterpiece. It is as if people have to be broken before they can become whole and complete. — Steve Goodier

It's what all writers dream of, that our work finds a measure of immortality that long outlives the words of any critic. — Tess Gerritsen

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command. — Seneca The Younger

She pulled off the highway and quickly changed into the burkha. — Dianne Harman

I have a concept of Naples that is not so much of a city, per se, but rather an ingredient of the human spirit that I detect in everyone, Neapolitan or not. The idea that 'Neapolitanism' and mass ignorance are somehow indissolubly linked is one that I am prepared to fight with all the strength I have. — Luciano De Crescenzo

You wanted to feel disdain, to show it as you brought his order, because white people who liked Africa too much and those who liked Africa too little were the same - condescending. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie