Galiani Quotes & Sayings

Foresight is the cause of Europe's present wars. If one would take pains to forsee nothing, the whole world would be tranquil, and I do not believe that one would be worse off for not waging war. — Abbe Galiani

That's the purpose of old age ... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did. — Colleen McCullough

Rafael, the Rat King, stared at the carnage with black-button eyes. "She is dead."
"Ding dong, the witch is dead, — Laurell K. Hamilton

Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relationships, this creates an atmosphere of spiritual mediocrity that paralyzes a person's noblest impulses. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down. — Bob Dylan

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there. — Goswami Kriyananda

His smile had an attractive quality, the smile of a man of the world who used it, not to cover his words, but to stress the audacity of expressing a sincere emotion. — Ayn Rand

As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen. — William S. Burroughs

If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start repeating yourself. I don't like to do that. — Robert Smith

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children. — Orlando Bloom

Yorda...that's your name? — Miyuki Miyabe

But you cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run. To "have" running water you must let go of it and let it run. — Alan W. Watts

Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity. — Lord Chesterfield

I think it's wrong for the government to subpoena records from journalists involved in national-security reporting (particularly since I do it myself). I do believe it has a chilling effect on the ability to gather news about potential abuses masked by inappropriate classification. — Kurt Eichenwald

To move through pain to wisdom, through fear to courage, through suffering to strength, requires resilience. — Eric Greitens