Girasole Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

I don't like being threatened, lied to, or manipulated. You'd do well to remember that. (Simone)
Or what? You're going to snivel at me? (Xypher) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. — James Lovelock

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane. — Jim Butcher

Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups. It is this motive, in the main, which determines the subjects taught, the knowledge offered and the knowledge withheld, and also decides what mental habits the pupils are expected to acquire. Hardly anything is done to foster the inward growth of mind and spirit; in fact, those who have had the most education are very often atrophied in their mental and spiritual life. — Bertrand Russell

Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach - her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco. The red sequins on her guitar match the ones on her microphone, her shoes and 80 percent of the crowd. — Rob Sheffield

Jesus accepted the plenary [i.e., complete, extending to all its parts] inspiration of the Bible; when first approached by the devil to turn stones into bread, our Lord replied that man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4 quoting Deut. 8:3). He did not say, "some words" but "every word." If Scripture is breathed out from God (2 Tim. 3:16), then Scripture must be included in what sustains man, not only parts of Scripture but all of it. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie

We must embrace the power of faith, but we must never confuse politics and piety. For me, may I say that it is against my religion to impose my religion. — John Ashcroft

There is no better adviser than a good book. — Debasish Mridha

In a sense it's a one-man show ... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. — John Motson