Lopates Quotes & Sayings

My life was like that box. The best things in all the imperfections. — Lisa Wingate

The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone. — Pythagoras

New clothes left Sylvia reeling with happiness. For Sylvia, a shopping list was a poem. She always shopped alone - it suited her deliberate nature and the artistic joy with which she approached all things aesthetic. — Elizabeth Winder

The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability — Confucius

Most dump kids are believers; maybe you have to believe in something when you see so many discarded things. — John Irving

In Japan, artists and fans are rather far apart from each other. — Tite Kubo

Tat tvam asi: "Thou art That." Atman is Brahman: the Self in each person is not different from the Godhead. — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Shutting down is denial. When you deny the past, you will repeat it. — Patricia Cornwell

An artist, if he's unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against what is official, public, or national, what everyone else feels comfortable with, so the moment he opens his mouth, an artist is engaged, because opening his mouth is always scandalous. — Pier Paolo Pasolini

Because fear called her by her name. (Her own name, not fear's name. Fear doesn't have a name; it's just the steady beat underneath a smile.) — Luisa Valenzuela

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it. — Bruce Robinson