Mpalantinos Quotes & Sayings

There's one thing I never did do, and that was stink. — Merle Haggard

The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this, that you recognize them as wisdom which has passed across your own mind. You feel that they are your own thoughts come back to you ... — Frederick William Robertson

Perhaps the artist who seeks dignity above all in his 'historia', ought to represent very few figures; for as paucity of words imparts majesty to a prince, provided histhoughts and orders are understood, so the presence of only the strictly necessary numbers of bodies confers dignity on a picture. — Leon Battista Alberti

I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency. I favor intensity. — Halle Berry

I find earth not gray but rosy;
Heaven not grim but fair of hue.
Do I stoop? I pluck a posy; Do I stand and stare? All's blue. — Robert Browning

I love hats and winter is the perfect time for them. I love winter time fashion. — Rebecca Ferguson

If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all? — Elbert Hubbard

Ultimately, our questions must emerge not from mental categories, but from deep within the heart. They must rise to the surface of our beings as we sit in silence, so that they are not just the old questions which we raise whenever we have nothing else to talk about or just for the sake of argument. They need to be the questions which make a difference in our lives. — Zalman Schachter-Shalomi