Colani Quotes & Sayings

Let me whisper my belief, entre nous, that of those eminent philosophers who cry out against parsons the loudest, there are not many who have got their knowledge of the church by going thither often. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good. — Lee Scott

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia. — Dave Grohl

The sorrow of war inside a soldier's heart was in a strange way similar to the sorrow of love. It was a kind of nostalgia, like the immense sadness of a world at dusk. It was a daness, a missing, a pain which could send one soaring back into the past. The sorrow of the battlefield could not normally be pinpointed to one particular event, or even one person. If you focused on any one event it would soon become a tearing pain. — Bao Ninh

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. — Paul Ryan

You didn't die and go to a better place; this was the better place because you weren't dead. Heaven wasn't in the clouds; it was the air in your lungs. — Dennis Lehane

They courted the face on the screen, the face of translucence, the face of wax on which men found it possible to imprint the image of their fantasy. — Anais Nin

He let Liam stand in front of him so he could lean on his bodyguard's shoulder. It was hard to stay standing... — Alex London

You'll never go wrong when you work with someone smarter than you. — Tibor Kalman

Green mountains rise to the north;
white water rolls past the eastern city.
Once it has been uprooted,
the tumbleweed travels forever.
Drifting clouds like a wanderer's mind;
sunset, like the heart of your old friend.
We turn, pause, look back and wave,
Even our ponies look back and whine. — Li Bai

We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for. — Sam Waterston

Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action. — Audre Lorde

Never seem to have a Death Star lying around when you need one.
-Han Solo — R.A. Salvatore