Guelli Quotes & Sayings

The physical thing in itself is not independently beautiful. Its beauty is made to shine through the elegance of its form: 'In visible things . . . the beautiful thing is essentially symmetrical, patterned. Symmetry itself owes its beauty to a remoter principle.' The force of invisible beauty infuses the visible object. This is the reason for ugliness: 'An ugly thing is something that has not been mastered by pattern.' For — John O'Donohue

I tried to will them with my super mental powers so he'd put them around my waist, but apparently I had no super mental powers. — J.A. Redmerski

Gratitude magnifies the sweet parts of life and diminishes the painful ones. — Yuval Levin

Plans, endless walks without — Adriana Trigiani

America, the country of my heart, my second home. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden. — Jean Racine

All the really pretty girls get pregnant. — Mark Hoppus

Mad at me. For Dad, parenting has become just like shooting one of his stupid insurance ads-some makeup to cover the blemishes, a flashy smile, and wham! He's got himself a regular picture-perfect family. — Holly Schindler

My dear God, I am impressed with how much I have to be thankful for in a material sense; and in a spiritual sense I have the opportunity of being even more fortunate. But it seems apparent to me that I am not translating this opportunity into fact. — Flannery O'Connor

As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak. — John Knowles

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works. — James Joyce

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment. — Mahatma Gandhi

The challenge is about taking things that are infinitely complex and making them simpler and more understandable. — Robert Greenberg