Manolito Quotes & Sayings

Our schools should be the same - environments for safe experimentation, viewing failure as an opportunity for learning rather than a mark of shame. — Salman Khan

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The orange turns to dull bronze light and continues to show what it has shown all day long, but now it seems to show it without enthusiasm. Across those dry hills, within those little houses in the distance are people who've been there all day long, going about the business of the day, who now find nothing unusual or different in this strange darkening landscape, as we do. If we were to come upon them early in the day they might be curious about us and what we're here for. but now in the evening they'd just resent our presence. The workday is over. It's time for supper and family and relaxation and turning inward at home. We ride unnoticed down this empty highway through this strange country I've never seen before, and now a heavy feeling of isolation and loneliness becomes dominant and my spirits wane with the sun. — Robert M. Pirsig

I am the prosecutor. I represent the state. I am here to present to you the evidence of a crime. Together you will weigh this evidence. You will deliberate upon it. You will decide if it proves the defendant's guilt. — Scott Turow

Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes. — Joseph Kosuth

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game — Siegbert Tarrasch

Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Great mercy, great love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character. — Hill Harper

Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. — Joseph Campbell

I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids. — Chris O'Donnell

There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do succeed. — Charles Baudelaire

Now, I looked across the Plattsburgh train depot and swelled with indulgent love at Ev's grumpy scowl. — Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world. — Charley Pride