Barbanera Almanacco Quotes & Sayings

I won't trade humanity for patriotism. — Immortal Technique

The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms. — Joseph Wechsberg

It was a stupid thing to hold onto, but when one doesn't have much to celebrate in the way of physical attributes, ankles matter. — Eloisa James

Of all such appeals to sensory recollection, none are more powerful, none open a wider door in the brain than an appeal to the nose. It is a sense that every lover of the elemental world ought to use, and, using, enjoy. We ought to keep all senses vibrant and alive. Had we done so, we should never have built a civilization which outrages them, which so outrages them, indeed, that a vicious circle has been established and the dull sense grown duller. — Henry Beston

I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with. — Diane Kruger

What you do in secret tells you who your God is. — Timothy Keller

Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of the lion; Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise; Bravest he who rules his passions, Who his own impatience sways. — Johann Gottfried Herder

He who integrates is lost. — Theodor Adorno

Reason doesn't always stand up to pain and come out the victor. — Amy A. Bartol

Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence. — Jean De La Bruyere

I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans. — Rand Paul

Love was merely a tool, smiles were another tool, they were both just tools for accomplishing certain ends. No magic, merely chemicals. I felt I'd never really loved anyone, not Paul, not Chuck the Royal Porcupine, not even Arthur. I'd polished them with my love and expected them to shine, brightly enough to return my own reflection, enhanced and sparkling. — Margaret Atwood

Our bird when he found the cage open would not fly — Bram Stoker

I'm not big with negotiating. — Steve Schirripa

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way. — Alex Kapranos