Maria Grazia Quotes & Sayings

Not every fairy tale story that begins with 'Once upon a time,' has a 'Happily ever after' ... — Khalia Hades

Healing begins where the wound was made. — Alice Walker

Lella York, the self-proclaimed queen of passive-aggressive behavior. [Lella's perceptive view of herself] — Maria Grazia Swan

It is better to laugh than cry. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Fix yourself something to drink," she said. "I don't have any Mr. Pepper."
"You mean Dr. Pepper?"
"For the love of God!" She exploded. "People expect everything from a psychic! 'Doctor,' 'mister,' I was close enough. I didn't call it 'Mrs. Salt,' did I? — Elizabeth Chandler

I felt clueless and nervous--pretty much the same way I'd been feeling ever since I came back from Italy. — Maria Grazia Swan

Give me something to do and you will make me happy. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Oh, here we go, firing questions right and left. I sort of missed that part. [Mina's most endearing trait?] — Maria Grazia Swan

I might not have faith in many things, but I do have faith in this; that the one who sent me out will allow me to finish the mission." -Regan — Brittany L. Engels

The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.) — Maria Grazia Swan

Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time. — Allison Burnett

People are like germs, only bigger. That bit of wisdom has proven true, for the most part. Humans are little more than highly evolved bacteria, leeches on a rotting ball of clay. It's depressing, I know. — Mike Duran

It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

I was born in Messina, Sicily. I stayed there until I was 18 and finished my studies. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

I can look into someone's eyes and feel like I know her better, versus a phone call, where you can't get that same type of emotion. That's why text messaging gets you in trouble: You can't bond, and emoticons explain only so much. — Apolo Ohno

Fortunately, given the state of criticism these days, lots of people miss - especially the feminists, who usually throw like a girl. — Douglas Wilson

And I discovered this was the best thing about New York: you could run away every day if you wanted to and still find yourself in a newly incarnated version of the city. — Sari Botton

Rome is magic, it's like being in Hollywood. But the difference between Hollywood and Rome is that here you don't have just the movie business. The movie business is so little, so you also have the choice to hang out with people who do different kinds of business. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Soul mates are brought together for a reason. All their lives they have been preparing for each other. When they look back at their lives they will see a new purpose to actions they have taken. Their lives take on a sense of oneness equalled by no other. Oneness of purpose, ambition, and love which can be a beacon to others along their spiritual paths. — Edgar Cayce

Happy is it, indeed, for me that my heart is capable of feeling the same simple and innocent pleasure as the peasant whose table is covered with food of his own rearing, and who not only enjoys his meal, but remembers with delight the happy days and sunny mornings when he planted it, the soft evenings when he watered it, and the pleasure he experienced in watching its daily growth. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a note with their addresses to a helium balloon and let it go in her backyard, certain it would reach Mars. Instead, they had received a letter from a widow who lived two blocks away. 'Yeah,' he said. 'I think so. — Jodi Picoult

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!] — Maria Grazia Swan

I am curious, I love making discoveries, travelling, speaking with people, go shopping. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Sometimes when we try to get outside of ourselves, to be like someone else, you miss out on so many beautiful things that you don't know that you are because you're looking at someone else. — Salma Hayek

I decided to an actress because of the film 'La Dolce Vita.' — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them. — W. Edwards Deming

Anything and everything made her think about him. He was so much a part of her, embedded in her soul. [Mina and Diego] — Maria Grazia Swan

Why can't relationships come with an instruction manual for unsophisticated adults like me? — Maria Grazia Swan

And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really. — Rick Moranis