Caco Antibes Quotes & Sayings

If that one is already a great artist, who knows how to educe from a small piece of wood the face of a king or of a queen, an ant or a camel, how great then is the mastery which can form as actuality everything which is in all potentiality? Therefore, God, who is able to produce from the most minute piece of matter the similitude of all forms which can be in this world and in infinitely many worlds, is of admirable subtlety. — Nicholas Of Cusa

When I speak of Spanglish I'make talking about a fertile terrain for negotiating a new identity. I'make feeling excited, as Gloria Anzldua did in her book Borderlands/LA Frontera,about "participating in the creation of another culture/in a state of perpetual transition/with a tolerance for ambiguity. — Ed Morales

In the same way that the stewards on the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital. Sometimes it's easier that way. Because although there was little I could do about the huge hole, it was within my power to empty an asthray. — Marian Keyes

It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well. — Allen Johnson

Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him. — Bayard Taylor

The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape. — Christopher Hitchens

When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut. — Steve Martin

The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance. — Robin Sharma

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful. — Jon Taffer

In planning an attack, persons have various roles. — Robert Mueller

I'm quite sure we'll find one another, in a place better than this, a time filled with us. — Tegan Quin

For the first time since we had crossed the border, I felt like I was back. After all these years, I was home again, standing on the soil of my ancestors. I sat against one of the house's clay walls. The kinship I felt suddenly for the old land ... it surprised me. I'd been gone long enough to forget and be forgotten. I had a home in a land that might as well be in another galaxy to the people sleeping on the other side of the wall I leaned against. I thought I had forgotten about this land. But I handn't. And, under the bony glow of a half-moon, I sensed [the land] humming under my feet. Maybe [it] hand't forgotten me either. — Khaled Hosseini

If you phone a psychic and she doesn't answer the phone before it rings, hang up. — Jean-Claude Van Damme