Eisenach De Cams Quotes & Sayings

...no one ever became excellent in any exercise whatsoever without beginning from his childhood to endure heat, cold, hunger, thirst, and other discomforts; wherefore those men are entirely deceived who think to be able, at their ease and with all the comforts of the world, to attain an honorable rank. It is not by sleeping but by waking and studying continually that progress is made. [on Luca Della Robbia] — Giorgio Vasari

It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe. But it's a very juvenile approach. It also became a weird signal for comedy, in the sense that when you heard the song, it meant comedy was happening on screen. I feel like this song was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio. — Margaret Cho

Where now was her proud motto, 'Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra'? If she had but dared to bravely tell the truth as regarded herself, defying them to find out what she refused to tell concerning another, how light of heart she would now have felt! Not humbled before God, as having failed in trust towards Him; not degraded and abased in Mr. Thornton's sight. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Ultimately all knowing, from the highest to the lowest, is the result of experience; it arises on the way of experiences. — Rudolf Steiner

A Rubik's cube is equal to a drag queen. It's really colorful, but I don't wanna do it. — Demetri Martin

Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty. — Napoleon Hill

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow. — Antonio Porchia