Colonna Quotes & Sayings

His eyes showed my heart the way to his soul, and I found all that mattered lay in him, in his keeping." -- Vittoria Colonna — Ophelia Sikes

How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them. — Mignon McLaughlin

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for what you think you want. — Gayle Forman

But it was the newspapers that called John XXIII the Good Pope, and the people followed suit." "That's right. Newspapers teach people how to think," Simei said. "But do newspapers follow trends or create trends?" "They do both, Signorina Fresia. People don't know what the trends are, so we tell them, then they know. But let's not get too involved in philosophy - we're professionals. Carry on, Colonna. — Umberto Eco

My family likes to make fun of me, indicating that being able to cook is part of what makes a woman a woman. I disagree. Getting my period makes me a woman. Cooking just makes me bored. — Sarah Colonna

I'm somewhere in the middle. I want both. Or I want it all. Or I only want part of both. I don't know. I just know that you don't always end up happy with what you thought would make you happy. You've probably been there a time or two yourself. You can't always get what you want. — Sarah Colonna

If any of you haven't tried going to the movies alone, I suggest you do. It's not like I do it because I'm single; I've gone to the movies alone when I'm in a relationship, too. It's just a nice escape, time to zone out. Plus, nobody talks to you during the film, nobody puts their grubby hands in your popcorn, and nobody judges you for bringing in airplane bottles of vodka to spike your lemonade with. — Sarah Colonna

I'm thirty-six years old, but I don't feel like it. Some days I feel like I'm twenty-one, some days I feel like I'm pushing sixty. — Sarah Colonna

Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale. — Robert Graves

I guess just like relationships, friends can outgrow each other. — Sarah Colonna

Love of country produces among men such examples as Cincinnatus, Alfred, Washington
pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, Vittoria Colonna, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Jeanne Darc
romantic, devoted, marvelous. — Alphonse De Lamartine

THE DIFFERENCE If I buy a photocopier from you, I have made a transaction and am considered a customer. However, if I start buying all my office equipment from you, I have developed a relationship and have become a client. I have developed a relationship because of which I (the client) keep buying more and more. That's the difference between transactional and relationship selling. A salesperson's philosophy is reflected in his behavior and — Shiv Khera

Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say. You can calmly say, 'Can I first call my mom and ask if I have to do this, please? — Mindy Kaling

I loved someone so much that I broke up with him because I didn't want to get hurt. Then when he proved he loved me back, I broke up with him again. I'm a fucking mess, but so are you. Most of us are. — Sarah Colonna

Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child. — F Scott Fitzgerald

There are times I look around and it seems the world is so ugly, and I just can't seem to see the earth's natural beauty anymore, but when my eyes look up to the ethereal sky, I am reminded of the major contrast between Gods brilliant creations and human beings man-made imitations, and there is no comparison. — Delano Johnson

The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings. — Joe Strummer

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. — Benjamin Franklin

The words "how are you?" can pack a mean punch. — Sarah Colonna

Until we make the unconscious conscious, we will be dictated by it and call it fate. — Jerry Colonna

A design that doesn't take change into account risks major redesign in the future. — Erich Gamma

He'd made sure i had something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. — Abbi Glines

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. — Harold Wilson