Giandomenico Quotes & Sayings

Nothing is real. — John Lennon

The Troubles are a pigmentation in our lives here, a constant irritation that detracts from real life. But life has to do with something else as well, and it's the other things which are the more permanent and real. — Brian Friel

Wealth is no mark of God's favor. Poverty is no mark of God's displeasure. — J.C. Ryle

It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. — George Orwell

Then as is the nature of folk that are thoroughly perplexed, they began to grumble at the hobbit, blaming him for what had at first so pleased them ... — J.R.R. Tolkien

Direct rule by the superrich invites a dangerous amount of scrutiny. — Jane Mayer