Esperanca Perdida Quotes & Sayings

He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually. — Voltaire

No one at this time can duly estimate the importance of Mrs Marcet's scientific works. — Mary Somerville

Fifty yards away. The muzzle velocity of a M16 is 3,100 feet per second. Three feet in a yard, which means he has two-thirds of a second left on Earth. — Rick Yancey

Major Major's father had a good joke about opportunity. "Opportunity only knocks once in this world," he would say. Major Major's father repeated this good joke at every opportunity. — Joseph Heller

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me. — George Michael

You know, my dad wasn't a photographer or filmmaker by profession, but on Sundays, he would take pictures of me and my family or his pals horseback riding, and it was a means of communication and affection, a means of not being so dysfunctional with each other. — Bruce Weber

Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself — Margaret Fuller

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography or acting, so I'm very lucky in a way because I grew up in a family of artists. I've been dancing since I was a little kid. — Ksenia Solo

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish. — W. Eugene Smith

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader. — Josh Radnor

My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time. — John Cleese

Worry will never solve tomorrow's problems. It will only take energy away from today. — James Altucher

IF MENTAL EMOTIONAL CONCENTRATION FELT FLARED UP WELL MADLY BY TIME INFLUENCE ? MUTUAL SOUL ENJOYMENT IS PLEASINGLY ENSURED. — Various

I am not very moved by historical apologies. — Tom Paulin