Bartolome De La Casa Quotes & Sayings

The depression was just a state of mind. It is over for everyone who has changed his state of mind. — Henry Ford

No girl has ever offered to feed my enemies' fingernails to her cat before."
"Lisa's cat. And don't flatter yourself. At the moment, I'm tempted to feed him your fingernails. — Cecily White

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause. — Homer

Festivals become a family because you start seeing the same people. — Philipp Wolter

The moment you are born your death is foretold by your newly minted cells as your mother holds you up, then hands you to your father, who gently tickles the stomach where the cancer will one day form, studies the eyes where melanoma's dark signature is already written along the optic nerve, touches the back where the liver will one day house the cirrhosis, feels the bloodstream that will sweeten itself into diabetes, admires the shape of the head where the brain will fall to the ax-handle of stroke, or listens to your heart, which, exhausted by the fearful ways and humiliations and indecencies of life, will explode in your chest like a light going out in the world. — Pat Conroy

She was plump, with dyed red hair and a face so caked with cosmetics that the floor of the Amazon jungle probably saw more natural light ... — John Connolly

My Subaru friends are upstanding members of the Creative Class. They also for burnt Democrats. As it turns out, Republicans in their neighborhood are about as rare as Cadillacs. — Julie Sedivy

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation. — Corrine Brown

The idea of God grew side by side with the idea of materialism. — Swami Vivekananda

...Mom equated money with affection...but I never cared about the money. I just wanted her to be healthy. — J.D. Vance

There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel. — Golda Meir

There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who cherish ... I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death." - Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. — J.K. Rowling

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system? — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward