Mondragone Painting Quotes & Sayings

Babies are not brought by storks and poets are not produced by workshops. — James Fenton

When you know the answer you want, it is often all too easy to figure out a way of getting it. — Brian Greene

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are. — Maya Angelou

If you wake up one morning realising that you do not know anything, then you are awake. If you still think you know something, then you are still asleep. If you are still trying to know, you are still trying to control. If you are still trying to control then you still think something can 'go wrong'. If you still think something can go wrong then you are not in touch with the source. If you are not in touch with the source then you live in fear. You are living in the fear that you have created, and that you are trying to get away from. — Paul Lowe

Hope is like a dream with plan and purpose. — Debasish Mridha

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool. — Michael Bergin

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either. — Lois Wyse

Have you not heard? Dark elves are psychopaths. — Anglia Spring

Jesus doesn't call people to childish behavior but to childlike faith. The qualities of humility, trust, receptivity and a lack of self-sufficiency all characterize the person of faith. The kingdom of God is not earned by human effort but is received in childlike trust as a gift of the mercy and grace of God. — Anonymous

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. — E. M. Forster

Ronald Reagan was not a god. He himself would have said that. Don't follow people. Follow principle. — Ben Shapiro

Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most. — Conn Iggulden

If there ever were one moment where everything worked for us, where we lived in harmony and at ease with our natures, then we would still be there. There is no garden to return to, no idyllic perfect childhood, no enwombed state. The Garden of Eden was boring, childhood is a nightmare we should all be grateful to be done with, and your mother smoked while she was pregnant and poisoned you in the womb with artificial sugar substitutes. The best thing any of us can do is just to keep fucking up in a forward motion, and see what comes out of it. — Jessa Crispin

It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates. — Arthur Smith