Maffei Salon Quotes & Sayings

I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. — Eli Roth

Reason cannot account for those moments in life that "bewilder the intellect yet utterly quiet the heart," as G.K. Chesterton observed. — Eric Weiner

Now we were on the great Texas plain and, as Dean said, "You drive and drive and you're still in Texas tomorrow night. — Jack Kerouac

He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which always freezes into inertia at exactly the moment when a special effort is needed. — George Orwell

Just think, that man can claim a slice of the sun. — Louis Kahn

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other. — Derrick Bell

Some miles to the North, a ring of mountains rose out of the clouds. The peaks were clad in snow and ice, and together they looked like an ancient, jagged crown resting atop the layers of mist. The eastward-facing scarps shone brilliantly in the light of the morning sun, while long blue shadows cloaked the western sides and stretched dwindling into the distance, tenebrous daggers upon the billowy, snow-white plain. — Christopher Paolini

Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been through so much. Seeing my father's life struggle and so many whole generations lose their potential or possibility in their lives. Just being pushed into this political struggle and the damage done not only to their lives but their relatives. — Ai Weiwei

It has taken many years for the game of go to initiate me into the freedom of slipping between yesterday, today, and tomorrow. From one stone to the next, from black to white, the thousands of stones have ended up building a bridge far into the infinite expanse of China. — Shan Sa

Art is the distortion of an unendurable reality ... Art is correction, modification of a situation; art is communication, connection ... Art is social, self-sufficient, and total. — Jean Tinguely

We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision. — Brenda Ueland

Lies and half-truths hurt not only the liar, but the people they love most. — Katherine Allred