Egidio Ridgewood Quotes & Sayings

Hard-core structural poverty has a counterpart at the apex: hard-core structural affluence. — Louis O. Kelso

You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man. The whole case for Christianity is that a man who is dependent upon the luxuries of this life is a corrupt man, spiritually corrupt, politically corrupt, financially corrupt. — G.K. Chesterton

The creative genuis begins in the idle moment, dreaming up the impossibe, and later making it come true. — V.C. Andrews

There is a string attached to Maia Sharp's voice. And when she sings, you find that the other
end is attached to your gut. Her voice is lush and sensual and the emotions she articulates
resonate with the small feelings we have that sometimes are hard to face..there is an edge to
her songs, but also a softness ... she is lyrical and conversational at the same time. Her CD was
the only one in my machine for a month. Her work inspires me to dig deeper. — Kathy Mattea

I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians. — Gin Wigmore

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience - the union of life and peace. — George Santayana

I think life is instinct, and I just really go by that. That's one of the things I've learned - to always trust my instinct and it's always served me well. — Lori Goldstein

even a small warren. This one had — Richard Adams

And then I noticed the small cake that still sat uneaten next to him. And another in front of his mother. That was the last straw. I fully disliked them. How dare they leave perfectly good cake untouched? — Tarun Shanker

It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that. — Tony Iommi

American conservatism, unlike traditional European conservatism, is liberty-loving because we are defending the revolutionary ideals of classical liberalism. ... Conservatism is about more than classical liberalism, but a conservatism that doesn't conserve classical liberalism isn't worth conserving. — Jonah Goldberg

Still going with the phallic foci, eh? Staff and rod?"
"They make me feel all manly. — Jim Butcher

A state may well not survive its writers telling its people the truth. — Korney Chukovsky

The Hebrews have no name for Him, the Moslems have a hundred. Both suggest the same thing, that there are concepts as well as emotions that can be communicated only allegorically. — Dagobert D. Runes

A firefly blinked in front of me, and Lucille leaped off the step. It flew higher, but that dumb cat kept reaching for it. She didn't seem to know how far away it really was. Like the stars. Like a lot of things. — Kami Garcia