Fornasiere Quotes & Sayings

We have this weird thing in the world where you don't get insulted for what you do, you get insulted for who you are. — John Green

To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap. — Jostein Gaarder

Unless all the discoveries that you make have the welfare of the poor as the end in view, all your workshops will be really no better than Satan's workshops. — Mahatma Gandhi

There was a new feature in Pierre's relations with Willarski, with the princess, with the doctor, and with all the people he now met, which gained for him the general goodwill. This was his acknowledgement of the impossibility of changing a man's convictions by words, and his recognition of the possibility of everyone thinking, feeling, and seeing things each from his own point of view. This legitimate peculiarity of each individual, which used to excite and irritate Pierre, now became a basis of the sympathy he felt for, and the interest he took in, other people. The difference, and sometimes complete contradiction, between men's opinions and their lives, and between one man and another, pleased him and evoked from him an amused and gentle smile. — Leo Tolstoy

We didn't die,' she said.
Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty.'
I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin. — Derek Landy

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no. — Steven Soderbergh

The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. But change is important. — Nick Cave

What?" Annabeth said nervously. "You see invaders?" "No, right there - Dylan's Candy Bar." Connor grinned at his brother. "Dude, it's open. And everyone is asleep. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "Connor!" Katie Gardner scolded. She sounded like her mother, Demeter. "This is serious. You are not going to loot a candy store in the middle of a war!" "Sorry," Connor muttered, but he didn't sound very ashamed. — Rick Riordan