Carriera In Venice Quotes & Sayings

Like God and Duane Reade drugstores, toxins are everywhere. — A. J. Jacobs

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty. Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it. — Fernando Pessoa

Dear Mr Lipwig,
I feel that you are a dear, sweet man who will look after my little Mr Fusspot. Please be kind to him. He has been my only friend in difficult times. Money is such a crude thing in these circumstances, but the sum of $20,000 annually will be paid to you (in arrears) for performing this duty, which I beg you to accept.
If you do not, or if he dies of unnatural causes, your arse will belong to the Guild of Assassins. $100,000 is lodged with Lord Downey, and his young gentlemen will hunt you down and gut you like the weasel you are, Smart Boy!
May the gods bless you for your kindness to a widow in distress. — Terry Pratchett

The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. There are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there are wars, flea bites, love affairs; there are the lives of people, Gods, entire galaxies. The simplest human action varies from one person and occasion to the next-how else would we recognize our friends only from their gait, posture, voice, and divine their changing moods? Only a tiny fraction of this abundance affects our minds. This is a blessing, not a drawback. A superconscious organism would not be superwise, it would be paralyzed. — Paul Feyerabend

Everyone finds my work super sad. I never do. I always find it uplifting in a weird way. — Jeff Lemire

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you're going to have to kill them. — Don Winslow

Karma, ahhh. We sow what we reap ... We reap what we sow! We reap what we sow. The law of cause and effect. And we are all under this law. — Nina Hagen

Drinking wine is easy: tilt glass and swallow. Really tasting wine is more of a challenge. You need the proper tools and environment, the ability to concentrate, a good memory and a vivid imagination. — Marvin Shanken

I am relieved. May I now have the truth? — Georgette Heyer

I'm not out to make everybody happy. I'm out to make the right people happy. — W.J. Raymond

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace. — Calvin Miller

I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful. — Yann Martel

I have mummy truths to tell
Whereat the living mock,
Though not for sober ear,
For maybe all that hear
Should laugh and weep an hour upon the clock. — William Butler Yeats