Cintilla De Palma Quotes & Sayings

Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was "a way out of loneliness."
(NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) — Jonathan Franzen

Almost everything the FCC does is challenged in court. There is no clean solution because we have a Communications Act that wasn't written for broadband. — Julius Genachowski

The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him feel that he is a part of some larger entity which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. This psychological urge to belong, to participate, to commune is as primary and real as its opposite. The all-important question is the nature of that higher entity of which the individual feels himself a part. — Arthur Koestler

If to love each other is the job,
then the happy life is the salary. — Toba Beta

Pull your shirt up over your mouth," he told Wylan.
"What?"
"Stop being dense. You're cuter when you're smart."
Wylan's cheeks went pink. He scowled and pulled his collar up. — Leigh Bardugo

When would he ever learn to stop saying "Look" to a man who had no eyes? — Lois Lowry

Enduring great companies don't exist merely to deliver returns to shareholders. Indeed, in a truly great company, profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life, but they are not the very point of life. — James C. Collins

A development, to be faithful, must retain both the doctrine and the principle with which it started. Doctrine — John Henry Newman

A smile can go a long way, but a scowl can go even further. — Jayce O'Neal

As far as men go, they never gave me a chance to be me; they were always scared that somebody was going to take me. — Mary J. Blige

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards. — Ian Dunbar

It was me who was Bambi in deer season a couple hours ago, not her. — Lance Charnes