Dianes Villa Quotes & Sayings

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether - unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position. — Erich Fromm

It's precarious to hang onto the veracity of memory because its edges are smoothed by the river of time. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

When Bill Morgan and I formed Kinder Morgan in February of 1997, it had about $300 million in enterprise value. — Richard Kinder

The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish. — Alfred North Whitehead

You've been thinking about something without willing to for a long time ... Then, all of a sudden, the problem is opened to you in a flash and you suddenly see the answer. — Rita Levi-Montalcini

Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune. — Laozi

There's just so much love that goes into home cooking, and I think it will really help the American family overall. I'm hoping to maybe get a cookbook out one day because I've got some great family recipes. — Ming-Na Wen

The beauty of problem-solving is that, unlike punishment, it offers endless possibilities. If you're committed to punishment and your child continues to misbehave, all you can do is punish more severely. You might hit him harder or take away more privileges, but chances are you won't get any closer to your goal of having a cooperative child. And you'll create a lot of ill will in the process. With problem-solving, you can always go back and brainstorm some more. When you put your heads together, you're bound to come up with something that will work for both of you. — Joanna Faber

Th-there," she sobbed. "it dragged him to the Italian gardens. He managed to elude its maw at first, but it harried him through the paths. No matter how much I screamed, it would not put him d-down!" She burst into a fresh wave of tears.
"You screamed," will said. "Is that all you did?"
"I screamed a great deal,." Tatiana sounded injured. She drew fully away from Will and fixed him with a green gaze. "I see you are as ungenerous as you ever were. — Cassandra Clare

From India to Spain, the brilliant civilization of Islam flourished. What was lost to christendom at this time was not lost to civilization, but quite the contrary ... — Bertrand Russell

Life with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear,
Is just our chance o' the prize of learning love,
How love might be, hath been indeed, and is. — Robert Browning