Florestano Pepe Quotes & Sayings

I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell. — Steve Aylett

D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!
-D'Artagnan — Alexandre Dumas

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it. — Tony Robbins

When 20,000 people applaud you as you walk out to do your job, it should be an inspiration. — Jim Brosnan

Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success. — Erwin W. Lutzer

Commander Lebedev wrote - 'After a communication session we invited Flight Engineer Savitskaya to the heavily laden table. We gave Sveta a blue floral print apron and told her, " 'Look, Sveta, even though you are a pilot and cosmonaut, you are still a woman first. Would you please do us the honor of being our hostess tonight?' "
"Ouch," says Roth — Dan Simmons

There have been only five burglars in the history of robbery who have specialized in rope. All five of these burglars were caught and sent to prison, which is why scarcely any people lock up their rope for safekeeping. — Lemony Snicket

The only thing better than great dialogue is the ability to say everything with no dialogue at all. — Adam Levenberg

It's a topsy-turvy world in which a country can import the same amount of ice-cream, toilet paper and other goods to trading partners as it exports, and where top bankers are paid millions for destroying economic value, while hospital cleaners create value many times their pay — Andrew Simms

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink — George Orwell

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, — Henry Louis Gates

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace — Patrick Pearse

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth, but has an effect on the disease. Faithful words hurt one's ears, but have value for one's conduct. — Takeda Nobushige

Why not think that sometimes - just sometimes - you can overcome evil with silence? And let people hear their hatefulness in their own ears, without distraction. Maybe goodness is enough to expose evil for what it really is, sometimes. — Sylvain Reynard