Beppe Quotes & Sayings

Remembering to smile always, even when it rains. — K.A. Hosein

[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Tell me the truth, Italian. You don't like it because it's strong. You like it because it's illegal. — Beppe Severgnini

We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy. — Lionel Barber

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy. — Epicurus

6Say therefore to the people of Israel, m 'I am the LORD, and n I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and o I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7I p will take you to be my people, and q I will be your God, and you shall know that m I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out n from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8I will bring you into r the land that I s swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. m I am the LORD. — Anonymous

First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages, such as hills in the sunset, olive groves, lemon trees, white wine, and raven-haired girls. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze. It's alluring, but complicated. It's the kind of place that can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred meters, or in the course of ten minutes. Italy is the only workshop in the world that can turn out both Botticellis and Berlusconis. — Beppe Severgnini

I wish more Italian literature were translated and read in English. I've discovered so many extraordinary and diverse writers: Lalla Romano, Carlo Cassola. Beppe Fenoglio, Giorgio Manganelli, just to name a few. — Jhumpa Lahiri

In the end you will be broken and obey; the only question that remains is how much pain are you willing to endure before accepting the fact? — Johnny Stone

The problem with carnal anger and outrage is that it's one of the easiest sins to commit while convincing oneself that one is being faithful. The — Russell D. Moore

Un viaggiatore americano ha scritto: "Italy is the land of human nature". — Beppe Severgnini

People with Books. What, in 2007, could be more incongruous than that? It makes me want to laugh.
[Afterword] — Michael Chabon

Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there, — Sue Grafton

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music. — Sufjan Stevens

And, you know, you never really summon all of your strength until you know that there's no way back, no way to go but onward. — Kim Stanley Robinson