Petrolera Monterrico Quotes & Sayings

People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral. — Heinrich Heine

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. — Patricia Highsmith

DNA to me was some sort of magical element, some glowing goo that was always getting people out of prison — Gillian Flynn

Berlin is a very edgy place, a very cosmopolitan place. It's a place where completely different ideas and cultures come together and clash in a very warm way. In a very warm-hearted way. — Ian Bremmer

The young man being embraced by the Father is no longer just one repentant sinner, but the whole of humanity returning to God. The broken body of the prodigal becomes the broken body of humanity, and the baby-like face of the returning child becomes the face of all suffering people longing to reenter the lost paradise. Thus Rembrandt's painting becomes more than the mere portrayal of a moving parable. It becomes the summary of the history of our salvation. The light surrounding both Father and Son now speaks of the glory that awaits the children of God. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! — Roland Barthes

A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them? — Chinua Achebe

Memory changes as a person matures. — Siri Hustvedt

All I can see, all I can think about, is you. I want you. You don't just cross my mind once in a while, you live in it. — Kristen Proby

There are other sources, but Wikipedia is a good start. — Ru Freeman

I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families. — Elizabeth Warren

Are you asking for quarter? I'm not in a particularly merciful mood." I can make fun of my name, but no one else can. Unless I'm in a really good mood. Or if I start it first. — Patricia Briggs

No one's words can compete with this mercilessly powerful rain. The only thing that can compete with the sound of this rain, that can smash this deathlike wall of sound, is the shout of a man who refuses to stoop to this chatter, the shout of a simple spirit that knows no words. — Yukio Mishima

If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to our world, and her children, forever. Before it is too late, we need your help to lay the foundation that will preserve this precious legacy long after we are gone. — Nelson Mandela