Mona Lisa Ralphio Quotes & Sayings

Does it not seem to you at times, when
Twilight walks through the house , that
Right here alongside us is another element,
In which we live quite differently?

("A Candle Is Brought In") — Innokenty Annensky

My father would have been spectacularly ill-suited to working for an institution of any kind, and I suspect that, to a lesser degree, that's true of me, too. — Amy Bloom

tradition is only democracy extended through time. — G.K. Chesterton

There is something very cheerful and courageous in the setting-out of a child on a journey of speech with so small baggage and with so much confidence ... — Alice Meynell

I live here in Vermont, in a village of barely a thousand people halfway up the state's third highest mountain. — Chris Bohjalian

There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man. — Frank Sinatra

Russia, despite its heavy flirtation with capitalism and some quite unsavory oligarchs, is still building its foreign policy on the Soviet ideals of internationalism, solidarity and logic. And even domestically, President [Vladin]Putin is slowly, step-by-step, restoring many important Soviet achievements that were torpedoed by a nitwit, and one gangster - [Mikhail] Gorbachev and [Boris] Yeltsin. — Andre Vltchek

I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are? — Emily Giffin

Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God? — J.C. Ryle

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. — Cesare Pavese

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe golden people tarnish fast. — Abigail Tarttelin