Delessio Quotes & Sayings

Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the soul that seems to thirst for sovereignty only, and know not that the flight of this ambitious bird has been from a bosom or home that is filled with ashes. — William Gilmore Simms

I managed to potter along tolerably well in the morning, sitting in the sun and sketching the old buildings ... but in the afternoon, sitting in the shade ... with stiff fingers and chilled bones ... the water froze in little cakes all over the picture. — Howard Pyle

A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government, an oligarchy when control lies with the rich and better-born, these being few. — Aristotle.

My style is like Bruce Lee, I'm like water. It's everything from defensive, to counters, to offense. — Nonito Donaire

The secret angels of God are only as alive as the marble angels of Michelangelo! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California. — Rick Perry

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them. — Yann Tiersen

Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation. — Ben Bernanke

Everything takes place in a season. There was a season when that's all I did was listen to the music. Now I'm just in a place where I don't listen, I create. And if I do listen there are specific things that I listen to, and for specific reasons. — Lauryn Hill

In all the years when I did not know what to believe in and therefore preferred to leave all beliefs alone, whenever I came to a place where living water welled up, blessedly cold and sweet and pure, from the earth's dark bosom, I felt that after all it must be wrong not to believe in anything. — Sigrid Undset

My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' — Tori Amos

The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs. — James MacGregor Burns

It was an office of a guy who won't take spam from anybody. — John Zakour

Always seek beauty to create a beautiful life. — Debasish Mridha