Commutare Quotes & Sayings

I was fifteen.
I was bored.
I was miserable. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.
[Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.] — Quintus Curtius Rufus

Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity. — Iman

As soon as you make some films that people like, you'll be sent material, and that can come from anywhere. — Lenny Abrahamson

Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere. — Carla H. Krueger

It is almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim that you think you are beautiful. — Edith Wharton

To openly defy Him who is clothed with omnipotence, who can rend us in pieces or cast us into Hell any moment He pleases, is the very height of insanity. To — Arthur W. Pink

Certainly, being on stage is a rush. — Paul Dano

We're here to make people feel like a million dollars, not two cents. — Marion D. Hanks

Lobby - a peculiar institution for bribing, bulldozing, and corrupting the legislators who were supposed to represent the people's interests. — Jack London

The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and the first-rate teacher, by the keenness of the remoter interests which he is able to awaken, will provide abundant opportunities for its occurrence. — William James