Franzese Mafia Quotes & Sayings

You have to understand the separation between what exists in the print media and what exists in reality. It's important to never lose track of reality. — Jared Kushner

I close my eyes and think of what might be possible. And, in my mind, I see fireworks over the Hudson. — Christy Hall

One reason punishment doesn't usually work is that it does not coincide with the undesirable behavior; it occurs afterward, and sometimes, as in courts of law, long afterward. The subject therefore may not connect the punishment to his or her previous deeds; animals never do, and people often fail to. If a finger fell off every time someone stole something, or if cars burst into flames when they were parked illegally, I expect stolen property and parking tickets would be nearly nonexistent. — Karen Pryor

We're like a two-year old playing with fire ... we're messing around with something really dangerous and don't really understand what will happen. — William F. Laurance

Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out. — Arthur Rock

Too many journalists and scientists have built their careers on the global-warming alarm. Certain newspapers have staked their reputation on it. The death of this theory will be painful and ugly. But it will die. Because it is wrong, wrong, wrong. — Martin Durkin

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore. — Winston Churchill

The basis of all scientific work is the conviction that the world is an ordered and comprehensive entity, which is a religious sentiment. My religious feeling is a humble amazement at the order revealed in the small patch of reality to which our feeble intelligence is equal. — Albert Einstein

There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness. Had we been placed on earth by a malign creator for the exclusive purpose of suffering, we would have good reason to congratulate ourselves on our enthusiastic response to the task. Reasons to be inconsolable abound: the frailty of our bodies, the fickleness of love, the insincerities of social life, the compromises of friendship, the deadening effects of habit. In the face of such persistent ills, we might naturally expect that no event would be awaited with greater anticipation than the moment of our own extinction. Someone — Alain De Botton

Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work. — Zach Wamp

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union. — Alexander Haig