Grigolon Quotes & Sayings

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

If a girl doesn't have a sense of humor, then what would you have to talk about? — Josh Hartnett

It's better to prepare than to repair. — John C. Maxwell

I really need some answers."
"I know you do." Her hands came down. "I just can't believe you don't know anything."
"Believe it."
"How am I supposed to explain this to you?"
"With words. That'd work for me. Faster than drawing pictures in the sand with a stick. — Veronica Rossi

The brain's plasticity is not limited to the somatosensory cortex, the area that governs our sense of touch. It's universal. Virtually all of our neural circuits - whether they're involved in feeling, seeing, hearing, moving, thinking, learning, perceiving, or remembering - are subject to change. The received wisdom is cast aside. — Nicholas Carr

I was incapable of writing or feeling anything except the terror of her absence, of knowing she was lost, wrenched away. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas. — Seth Godin

The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for is a rejection of conservatism. They claim to present an alternate social model, when they are little more than the courtiers of the corporatist movement. Their agitation is filled with the bitterness and cynicism typical of courtiers who scramble for crumbs at the banquet tables of real power, but are always denied a proper chair. — John Ralston Saul

I've worked really hard. I've made three pieces of seminal art in my life. If I died tomorrow, I'd be remembered for making them. There are a lot of artists who, no matter how hard they work in their lives, will never make anything seminal. — Tracey Emin

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side. — Debi Mazar

All of us alive today are or can be its prey, most of all the person who believes he is creating works of art when he is in fact creating mere kitsch objects. — Gillo Dorfles

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Your skill can never buy you love. It may win you admiration and envy, but never love. If that was what you were after, you have wasted your time. — Patricia St. John