F Modigliani Quotes & Sayings

A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable. — Franco Modigliani

With one eye you are looking at the outside world, while with the other you are looking within yourself. — Amedeo Modigliani

You are not alive unless you know you are living. — Amedeo Modigliani

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around. — Wolf Blitzer

Happiness is an angel with a serious face — Amedeo Modigliani

Imitation of the art of earlier centuries, as that done by Picasso and Modigliani , is carried on not to perpetuate ancient values but to demonstrate that new aesthetic orders now prevail. — Harold Rosenberg

I am a believer in cooperation. — Franco Modigliani

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions. — Robert L. Payton

I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the opportunity to manage Manchester United isn't something that comes around very often and I'm really looking forward to taking up the post next season. — David Moyes

Is it important that the rent of
land be retained as a source of
government revenue. Some persons
who could make excellent use of
land would be unable to raise money
for the purchase price. Collecting
rent annually provides access to
land for persons with limited
access to credit. — Franco Modigliani

Being cool, having a 'cool' energy is just not attractive to me. — Selena Gomez

The point, of course, is that the people who spent days and sweated buckets could also have taken an aircraft to the summit if all they'd wanted was to absorb the view. It is the struggle that they crave. The sense of achievement is produced by the route to and from the peak, not by the peak itself. It is just the fold between the pages." The avatar hesitated. It put its head a little to one side and narrowed its eyes. "How far do I have to take this analogy, Cr. Ziller?". — Iain M. Banks

Meddling is the evil, not indifference. — Marty Rubin

I took one look at it and demanded that he name three things he isn't good at.
"Roller skating, singing, and talking to girls."
"You left out stalking," I told him as he helped me out of the bed. "I can always tell when you're lurking around corners."
"You only asked for three. — Rick Yancey

What I look for is neither reality nor unreality but the subconscious, the instinctive mystery of the human race. — Amedeo Modigliani

The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you. — Jay Maisel

In our young days, when Modigliani and I first came to Paris, in 1906, nobody was very clear about ideas. But unconsciously, we knew quite a lot of things, of which we became aware later on. — Gino Severini

Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator. — Amedeo Modigliani

High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company but the entire economy ... LBOs are reducing the safety. Management loses the power to do many things. It has no margin for error and less margin for additional risk. — Franco Modigliani

I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps ... — Amedeo Modigliani

A passion should remain a passion and should not become a job — Anonymous

In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. — Susan L. Taylor

Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work. — Amedeo Modigliani

It is your duty in life to save your dream. — Amedeo Modigliani

When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes — Amedeo Modigliani

People confuse economists and economic policy. — Franco Modigliani

The function of art is to struggle against obligation. — Amedeo Modigliani

He stared at the cheap linoleum between his shoes and admitted to himself that once again he had fallen into the trap that often snared so many of the educated and upper-class locals when they convinced themselves that the rest of the population was stupid and ignorant. Cranwell was smarter than most lawyers in town, and infinitely more prepared. — John Grisham

How about I take you to my studio? Much less dangerous. Plus, I need a model and you could sit for me."
"You want me to sit for a portrait?" I asked stunned.
"Actually, at the moment I'm concentrating on full-length nudes, in the spirit of Modigliani," Jules said. He was making an effort to keep a straight face. "Just kidding, Kates. You're a lady."
Jules was trying the guilt-trip method of attack. And it was working.
"Ok I'll pose for you," I conceded. "But under no circumstances will any article of clothing leave my body whilst I am in your studio."
"And if you're elsewhere?" he asked, breaking into a sly smile.
I rolled my eyes. — Amy Plum

With the danger of war, there is a danger that the economy will go down. — Franco Modigliani

What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race. — Amedeo Modigliani

graffiti on a Creggan wall would have answered her: "I knew Raymond Gilmour. Thank fuck he didn't know me. — Raymond Gilmour

The immediate effect of the deficit is to make you feel good, like when you go on a trip and pay later. You feel good, and then you get a hangover. The deficit makes you feel good - until you pay later. — Franco Modigliani

Economists agree about economics - and that's a science - and they disagree about economic policy because that's a value judgment ... I've had profound disagreements on policy with the famous Milton Friedman. But, on economics, we agree. — Franco Modigliani