Parthenope Napoli Quotes & Sayings

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious. — Molly Ivins

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published. — Caroline B. Cooney

This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. The show is continuous. Goodnight. — Robertson Davies

In times of trouble, turn to God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He caught Ben's come in the napkin, the smell making his mouth water harder than any chile sauce could. — B.A. Tortuga

Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed. — Peter McWilliams

You can only hide the sun for so long. — E.M. Markoff

The largest number of jobs likely to be created by the JOBS Act will be for lawyers needed to clean up the mess that it will create. — Steven Rattner

I'm the devil. No one tells me when to stay and when to leave. But it sure is nice to be wanted. I tell you, Fielding, it sure is nice to be wanted in this very place. — Tiffany McDaniel

He glanced first at me, and then at his devastated flowerbed; all plowed up and butchered, like a Ripper victim- like Pearly Poll, lying gutted in Hanway Street, Spitalfields. — Russell Brand

The often dramatic differences among the personalities are more an arresting epiphenomenon than the core of the condition. Characterological factors, cultural influences, imagination, intelligence, and creativity make powerful contributions to the form taken by the personalities. Most DID patients are rather muted compared to those cases incorrectly assumed to epitomize the condition (Kluft, 1985b). The personalities enact adaptational patterns and strategies that developed in the service of defense and survival. Once this pattern, which disposes of upsetting material and pressures rapidly and efficiently, is established, it may be repeated again and again to cope with both further overwhelming experiences and more mundane developmental and adaptational issues. — Richard P. Kluft

Looking towards the open window, I saw light wreaths from Joe's pipe floating there, and I fancied it was like a blessing from Joe, - not obtruded on me or paraded before me, but pervading the air we shared together. I put — Charles Dickens

The excitement of creating is followed by desperate self-doubt. Courage and inspiration compete with discouragement and despair. — Diana Pavlac Glyer

A counter tenor is anyone who can count to ten. — Denis Norden