Gigios Des Quotes & Sayings

Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him ... These things I know, Ubertino; I also have belonged to those groups of men who believe they can produce the truth with white-hot iron. Well, let me tell you, the white heat of truth comes from another flame. — Umberto Eco

Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart. — Rudyard Kipling

There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith. — Lenny Kravitz

He ... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break
chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen. — Emily Bronte

In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind he's irresistible too. — Elvis Costello

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen. — Saoirse Ronan

My go-to necktie is jet black, skinny, and simple. It goes with everything. I really like that mod-ish punk look. — Nigel Barker

Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family. — Anushka Sharma

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled. — Millard Drexler

The budgets are runnin' low, the streets ain't really got money no more, things are just dryin' up; I just felt like people needed some motivation, so I took 'em "Overtime." — Ace Hood

I lived in England for a long time, and even the English didn't think me as one of theirs. In America I'm not really accepted. In New Zealand now, I don't think they even think of me as a New Zealander. — Andrew Niccol

What if we did get so lucky that we're due for something terrible? — Jodi Picoult

But as I wrote the book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet], I tried to write it as clearly and directly and passionately as possible just thinking of communicating to readers who might want to learn about this great thinker and be inspired by him as I was. — Jeffrey Rosen