Despite In Spanish Quotes & Sayings

Man can commit atrocities, or incite others to commit them, not because of a personality disorder, but because of his belief in ideas that provoke and justify atrocities. — Branimir Anzulovic

I reckon that growing up, listening to so much different music, I think over time I just kind of sucked it all in and it probably comes back out through my music. — Courtney Barnett

Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body. — Oscar De La Renta

Pastors spend a good bit of time helping people with their sin. Who helps them with their sin? — Johnny Hunt

Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. To resist occupation, whether you're a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language of your enemy. Conquest and liberation and democrac and divorce are words that mean squat, basically, when you have hungry children and clothes to get out on the line and it looks like rain. — Barbara Kingsolver

I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed to admit that I still can't read an Israeli newspaper. Besides English, the only language I speak with any degree of fluency is Spanish. — Joshua Foer

Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we have the power to decide whether the nuclear era ends in a bang or worldwide celebration. — Desmond Tutu

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go. — Brad Paisley

Despite my wretched command of the Spanish language, I understand sexo. But even if I were in the mood to, y'know, cheat on my wife and illegally solicit cheap sex from a New Wave midget in a pitch-black alleyway in the murder capitol of the goddamn world, this winsome lass wouldn't be my first choice. She looks like eight miles of bad road, stuffed into four and a half feet of permanent intravenous antibiotic regimen. — Joshua Ellis

The dog's agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied. — Caroline Knapp

Intelligent men think up ways to get themselves in tangles a stupid man would never imagine. — Elizabeth Moon

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music. — Tom Odell

A man, a life - it was barely worth mentioning. The Visigoths had destroyed the Romans, and had themselves been destroyed by the Muslims. Who were destroyed by the Spanish and Portuguese. You did not need Hitler to see that it was not a pleasant story. And yet here she was. Breathing, having these thoughts. The blood that ran through history would fill every river and ocean, but despite all the butchery, here you were. — Philipp Meyer

Why are they going to disappear him?'
I don't know.'
It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. — Joseph Heller

Spanish children are too often ill-cared for, but despite the abuses of ignorant motherhood and fatherhood, such vivid, vivacious, bewitching little people as they are! — Katharine Lee Bates

Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon. — Charles Mingus

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle.

To succeed, you have to be open to problems. You have to be open to failure. And as you go up the ladder, you gain the right to get more problems. — John C. Maxwell