Dariano Quotes & Sayings

I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again. — J.R.R. Tolkien

How could I possibly learn to survive in such a pagan place, where trams were streetcars, vans and lorries were trucks, pavements were sidewalks, jumpers were sweaters, petrol was gasoline, aluminium was aluminum, sweets were candy, a full stop was a period, and cheerio was goodbye? — Alan Bradley

Let us not think that because we are less brutal, less violent, less inhuman than our opponents we will carry the day. Brutality, violence and inhumanity have an immense prestige that schoolbooks hide from children, that grown men do not admit, but that everybody bows before. For the opposite virtues to have as much prestige, they must be actively and constantly put into practice. Anyone who is merely incapable of being as brutal, as violent and as inhuman as someone else but who does not practice the opposite virtues, is inferior to that person in both inner strength and prestige, and he will not hold out in such a confrontation.1
Simone Weil — Simone Weil

I think a lot of newspapers have lost touch with that sense of community, which so impressed me as a teenager when I had to knock on people's doors. — Harold Evans

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. — Jose Saramago

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. — Henry David Thoreau

Praise means nothing to Mama, she doesn't believe it. Only criticism can flush her cheeks and catch her attention. If I were to say something disparaging she would remember it always. — Audrey Niffenegger

Style. People talk about it being stylish and beautiful, that's at the service of the story. Style for me means nothing without substance and there are moments and things about the film that are stylish but hopefully at the service of the story. — Tom Ford

All of us are working on the same project. Some consciously, with understanding; some without knowing it...And those who complain and try to obstruct and thwart things-they help as much as anyone. The world needs them as well." (6.42) — Mike Dariano

Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna. — Radhanath Swami

that weird sour body odor only monsters have, like a skunk that's been living off Mexican food. Grover — Rick Riordan

I don't need to be born again. I got it right the first time. — Dennis Miller