Ithaka Cavafy Quotes & Sayings

One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimer's - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame, you - is that people in the early stages of the disease are now speaking out while they still have the capacity to do so. — Charlie Pierce

Well, Watson, what do you make of it?'
Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
'How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.'
'I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me', said he. — Arthur Conan Doyle

What I leave behind has a life of its own. — Audre Lorde

A diamond is proof that you sometimes have to go through a great deal of pressure before you can shine. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Between asking permission and begging forgiveness, I lean toward the latter. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I don't believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. — Ellen Page

One hundred years ago, everyone could have personal privacy. You and your friend could walk into an empty field, look around to see that no one else was nearby, and have a level of privacy that has forever been lost. As Whitfield Diffie has said: No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I don't suppose it occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented — Bruce Schneier

Have Ithaka always in your mind.
Your arrival there is what you are destined for.
But don't in the least hurry the journey. — Constantine P. Cavafy

Europe is good at many things, which is why we are the largest exporter in the world. Thirty million people in Europe are employed in making our exports of goods and services. Just under 900 thousand of them are in Sweden. — Cecilia Malmstrom

When you set out on you journey to Ithaka, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. — Constantine P. Cavafy

When setting out upon your way to Ithaca,
wish always that your course be long,
full of adventure, full of lore. — Constantine P. Cavafy

As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon - don't be afraid of them:
you'll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon - you won't encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you. — Constantine P. Cavafy

All bullies are cowards! — Robert Kraus