Petterinos Quotes & Sayings

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xun Zi

The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases. — Richard Sharp

This, reader, is an honest book ... I want to appear in my simple, natural and everyday dress, without strain or artifice; for it is myself that I portray — Michel De Montaigne

I'd heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word "utilize" instead of "use. — Patrick Rothfuss

Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall. — Al Stewart

Stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are. — Audre Lorde

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

As common as unplanned sex. As uncommon as a planned child. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were.
And what we remember. — Alice Hoffman

Saying 'no' to very bad legislation is not wrong. In fact, when the American people tell you that they don't want the health care bill, you've got a responsibility to say no. — Jon Kyl