Pictorem Quotes & Sayings

There is utopia and utopia. The kind imposed by an elite in the name of a historical imperative - that utopia is hell. It must lead to terror and then, terror exhausted, to cynicism and torpor. But surely there is another utopia. It cannot be willed either into existence or out of sight, it speaks for our sense of what may yet be. — Irving Howe

Ok! So that's the spice. Typical gossips for or against a qualified newcomer! — Koral Dasgupta

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that? — John Lasseter

When a memory fails to appear, it seems as though the time when it was created did not really exist, and maybe that is true. Time itself is nothing; only the experience of it is something. When that dies, it assumes the form of a denial, the symbol of mortality, what you have already lost before you lose everything. When his friend had said something similar to his father, his response had been, If you had to retain everything, you'd explode. There's simply not enough space for it all. Forgetting is like medicine; you have to take it at the right time. — Cees Nooteboom

I'm scared to die," I whispered as Michael walked in.
"He was scared to live," he said kissing my forehead. — Melina Marchetta

I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine. — Manish Dayal

Canada is big enough to make a difference but not big enough to threaten anybody. And that is a huge asset if it's properly used. — Stephen Harper

Life can be about taking chances and finding really great things and yes, failing sometimes. Or it can be about wondering what if because you never dared to try. — Lauren Dane

I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age. — Auguste Rodin

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not. — Ric Ocasek

It is no coincidence that some of America's most lethargic industries-steel, footwear, rubber, textiles-are also among the most heavily protected. — Thomas DiLorenzo

A word is worth a thousand pictures. — Elie Wiesel

For on Cardinal Rohan saying to me that the Italians did not understand war, I replied that the French did not understand politics. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Self-immolation as a way to protest against the injustices or as a way to fight for freedom cannot be accepted! All the fights must be done in the dimension of existence! Your body is your road to everywhere; if you destroy it, you lose all the roads! Stay firm and fight alive; no cause is more valuable than a man's life! Keep your body out of the fire! Don't ever praise the self-immolations; condemn them! Suicide is a defeat! Power is to fight, to fight peacefully, and not to die in agony! — Mehmet Murat Ildan