Cosa Nostra Translation Quotes & Sayings

When people say that this kind of fantasy fiction is escapist and evading the real world, well I think that's an evasion. It's actually trying to confront something that most people would rather not confront. — Tom Shippey

Looking back, all I can say is that the meeting with Bush was one of the most disgusting experiences in my life. — Cindy Sheehan

It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred. — Xavier Rudd

I admit I was drinking a Guinness ... but I did not swallow. — Kinky Friedman

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges. — Katharine Hepburn

Be willing to work for nothing in things you think are stupid. Make work for yourself. Make your own luck. Don't complain. Hopefully, the work will find you if you are ready. — Jenna Fischer

When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget. — Nicholas Sparks

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist. — Amy Carmichael

I think the healthy way to live is to make friends with the beast inside oneself, and that means not the beast but the shadow. The dark side of one's nature. Have fun with it and you know, is to accept everything about ourselves. — Anthony Hopkins

I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide. — Shuji Nakamura

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with. — Al Franken

Who would have known the dark eyes staring into mine would become our children's eyes ... ? — John Geddes