Blasco Quotes & Sayings

Did the bearded lady get excited when cute guys came to her freak show? — Rainbow Rowell

Hurrah for Peace, Frenchy, and the simple life! Where a man can live comfortably and runs no danger of being killed for things he doesn't understand - there is his real homeland! — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

All live and die believing that they have known love, thinking it is a common thing, because they confuse it with animal satisfaction; but love is a privilege, love is a lottery of fate, like wealth, like beauty, which only a small minority enjoy ... — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

But where were the other Old World monsters? I wondered. How did other vampires exist in a world in which each death was recorded in giant electronic computers, and bodies were carried away to refrigerated crypts? Probably concealing themselves like loathsome insects in the shadows, as they have always done, no matter how much philosophy they talked or how many covens they formed. Well, when I raised my voice with the little band called Satan's Night Out, I would bring them all into the light soon enough. — Anne Rice

To finally meet Alayna's eyes. Though I'm torn and uncertain, there is one truth that does not waver - I am in love with Alayna Withers. I will do anything for her. She is my light, and I will fight like hell to keep her from my darkness. Whatever that takes. — Laurelin Paige

The great have no friends, dear Blasco. It is the price they must pay for their greatness. — W. Somerset Maugham

Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one's neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner. — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

Golf without Jones would be like France without Paris: leaderless, lightless and lonely. — Herbert Wind

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there ... and still on your feet. — Stephen King

Force does not necessarily have to be cruel; it is strongest when it does not take advantage of its power, and is kindly. — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution. — Caroline Kennedy

He would roam about the world carrying his recollections with him, and perhaps some day he would come to forget them, for one can live only by forgetting; but when his grief should dissolve with the years he would be left an empty man, like a smiling automaton, incapable of any affections other than meterial ones. — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

A fool is very dangerous when in power. — Denis Fonvizin

He who would eat much must eat little, for by eating less he will live longer, and so be able to eat more. — Luigi Cornaro

Poor Humanity, crazed with fear, was fleeing in all directions on hearing the thundering pace of the Plague, War, Hunger and Death. — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

She influenced by the positivism of her race, was gazing into the future. While he was content with the present moment, not caring to know what would be the end of their love — Vicente Blasco Ibanez

When I fall in love, it will be for always. Nothing will change that. No one will walk out. We will stay together forever, and when death finally separates us we will have the memories that we shared. He will be that kind of person. I will know him instantly when I finally meet him. And he will love me forever. — Barbara Conklin

Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tepmts empty posturing. — Henry Kissinger

When everything is added up, the frequent blows weighted against the sporadic triumphs, this is I have to say not just a vocation, it's a great gift. But you also know this, for your work, for your passion, every day is a rededication. Painters, dancers, actors, writers, filmmakers. It's the same for all of you, all of us. Every step is a first step. Every brush stroke is a test. Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. So, let the learning continue. — Martin Scorsese