Orizzonti Cantiere Quotes & Sayings

How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it? — Henry David Thoreau

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. — Finley Peter Dunne

I perfectly agree with you, sir,' was then his remark. 'You did behave very shamefully. You never wrote a truer line. — Jane Austen

If you're going to get engaged make sure you've talked to your partner about life together in the years to come. — Patti Stanger

A rainbow in shades of grey is just a fog — Robby Miller

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown — Honore De Balzac

I wonder what it's like to be dead. — Sebastian Faulks

A friend of mine drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in. — Tommy Cooper

He puts his arm around me, the lights dancing on his dark skin constantly skipping across to mine, planting a myriad of emotions into each pore as if preparing my heart for tilling. — Poppet

Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on. — Unita Blackwell

When we see a good-looking woman with a not-so-good-looking man, we assume that the man must have a good bank balance. When we see a good-looking man with a not-so-good-looking woman, we assume that she must be good in bed. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

All that helter-skelter about strings and memories was only relevant in the dark. It was light out now and time to put away childish things. — Benjamin Brindise

Inspiration hits me at the most annoying times. Like when I am on my bicycle going back home from the studio at 3 a.m.. I've many crackly recordings into my mobile phone practically inaudible from the wind rushing into the handset! — Imogen Heap

In general, I feel, or I have come to feel, that the richest writing comes not from the people who dedicate themselves to writing alone. I know this is contradicted again and again but I continue to feel it. They don't, of course, write as much, or as fast, but I think it is riper and more satisfying when it does come. One of the difficulties of writing or doing any kind of creative work in America seems to me to be that we put such stress on production and material results. We put a time pressure and a mass pressure on creative work which are meaningless and infantile in that field. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all. — Julia Cameron