Carrilhos Quotes & Sayings

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. — George Wald

When you say, "History is written by the winners," you like to think about someone who isn't you. You want to think, "Oh, that's the juggernaut I'm standing against." But you're probably part of it. — Daniel Handler

The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death. — Albert Camus

In recent times, more and more human thinking has come to assume that the idea of a universal natural law and the idea of 'God' are pointing to one and the same reality. — Wilhelm Reich

Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From there, it was higher than ever. There were only two ways down: the steps to defeat of the dive to victory. You stood on the edge, shivering in the hot sun, deathly afraid. At last you leaned too far forward, it was too late for retreat, and you dived. The high board was conquered, and you spent the rest of the day diving. Climbing a thousand high boards, we demolish fear, and turn into human beings. — Richard Bach

IVY: Mom believes women don't grow more attractive with age. KAREN: Oh, I disagree, I - VIOLET: I didn't say they "don't grow more attractive," I said they get ugly. And it's not really a matter of opinion, Karen dear. You've only just started to prove it yourself. — Tracy Letts

People's interest in glamour and clothes and nylon stockings and all those things were, when I was a little boy, the sort of world that I listened to. — Colm Toibin

Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I've met are ones who've experienced personal tragedy. — Donald Miller

People will treat you unkindly at times. Forgive them always. — Mensah Oteh

In 1912, a developer paid the town of Pleasant — Carolyn Brown