Benvenuto Quotes & Sayings

My cruel fate hath warr'd with me in vain
Life, glory, worth, and all unmeasur'd skill
Beauty and grace, themselves in me fulfill
That many I surpass, and to the best attain. — Benvenuto Cellini

The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master. — Benvenuto Cellini

All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture. — Benvenuto Cellini

I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about. — Kate Winslet

Real happiness is not dependent on external things. — William Lyon Phelps

I assert that the art of sculpture, among all the arts connected with design, is at least seven times greater than any other, for the following reason: why, sir, a statue of true sculpture ought to have seven points of view, which ought all to boast equal excellence. — Benvenuto Cellini

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from. — Benvenuto Cellini

You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat — Frederic Chopin

I've read seventeen novels and bushels of poetry
really necessary novels like Vanity Fair and Richard Feverel and Alice in Wonderland. Also Emerson's Essays and Lockhart's Life of Scott and the first volume of Gibbon's Roman Empire and half of Benvenuto Cellini's Life
wasn't he entertaining? He used to saunter out and casually kill a man before breakfast. — Jean Webster

Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean. — Benvenuto Cellini

Gus, dressed in the finest button-down shirt he could find in his house (plain white - Pastor Tommy had worn it when he was trying to infiltrate a Young Republicans meeting, only to have been found out, as he was neither young nor a Republican). He also found a bright pink tie to be his splash of color. He wore his slacks from work and a pair of loafers that he hoped would be considered sensible. "I look like a gay Mormon missionary," he lamented in the mirror. "Pardon me, have you heard the word of the Lord? It's fabulous!" He scowled at his reflection. — T.J. Klune

It is a blessing to experience hardship. Not because we suffer, but because we learn to endure. — Saim .A. Cheeda

When the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs. — Benvenuto Cellini

TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes. — David Duchovny

Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law. — Benvenuto Cellini

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet. — Benvenuto Cellini

Serve this dish with much too much wine for your guests, along with some cooked green vegetables and a huge salad. You will be famous in about half an hour. — Jeff Smith

I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally good. — Benvenuto Cellini

A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it. — Benvenuto Cellini

In the property division splitting couples go through, the allocation of friends must surely be the most painful. — Christine Benvenuto

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man. — Benvenuto Cellini

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it. — Benvenuto Cellini