Cunctis Latin Quotes & Sayings

If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Marriage isn't a motion-picture close-up with slow fade-out on the embrace. It's a partnership, and what's the good of a partnership if your heart's not in it? It's like collaborating with a man you dislike.... — P.G. Wodehouse

My first-ever friend was a hallucination: a sparkling entry on my new resume as a crazy person. — Francesca Zappia

He seemed genuinely astonished. "You admire me?"
"Yes," she said gravely. "All of us do things we regret
that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done ... — Alexander McCall Smith

Some gifts are evil. Others are not, but what they are remains to be discovered. Rest — Steven Erikson

I told him, "The writing instinct has always lain dormant in me. Now it is in the process of metamorphosis. The era of transition has passed. I am on the threshold of expression."
He said, "Balls. — John Fante

The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given. — Vin Scully

Marriage is a holy bond because it permits two people to help each other work out their spiritual destinies. God declared marriage to be good. — Billy Graham

I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it is very delicate. Pre-made cotton candy that has preservatives is not nearly as good or true. True cotton candy is sugar, color, and air and it melts very quickly. That was the metaphor - it can't be preserved, it can't be put aside, it can't be banked. It has to be experienced, like life. — Nikki Giovanni

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being. — William Hurt

Do not let your problems become a burden and interfere with your endless possibilities. — Debasish Mridha

As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work. — Jason Wu

'Darkness' is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life. — Taylor Momsen

What is always left out of descriptions of the psychedelic state, the deep psychedelic state, is how weird it is. — Terence McKenna

Success is not measured by who gets credit. Success is measured by what gets done. — Connie Morella