Buena Mano Quotes & Sayings

Call me a sinner,
Mock me maliciously:
I was your insomnia,
I was your grief. — Anna Akhmatova

Rule your mind or it will rule you. — Gautama Buddha

In a very real way, attention is a drug. Like dope, attention makes people feel good by delivering a 'hit' of certain neurotransmitters (chemicals that transmit, or block the transmission of electrochemical currents) in the brain. Like anything that does this (viz., sex, risk-taking, power), in excessive amounts it's addictive. And, simply because it works, nothing is as addictive as a pain killer. Hence Narcissus is well-named from the Greek word for narcosis.

Attention is his pain killer. — Kathy Krajco

Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother. — Ray Davies

In the faces of men and women, I see God. — Walt Whitman