Pietrini School Quotes & Sayings

The spoon is a reader's friend, scooping from the plate almost by itself. The fork requires more attention. — Erri De Luca

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour. — Georg Brandes

The truth
a hideous spectacle! — Conrad Aiken

There's only one person to blame for lack of self confidence — Benny Bellamacina

But there we are. Some things never do make perfect sense. There must be some explanation, and it is perhaps a little like the Doctrine of the Perfect Partner. We must be content to know that she exists, somewhere in the world, and try not to care overmuch that we will probably never meet her. — Iain M. Banks

At bottom the world isn't a joke. We only joke about it to avoid an issue with someone, to let someone know that we know he's there with his questions; to disarm him by seeming to have heard and done justice to his side of the standing argument. — Robert Frost

The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats. — Jean Kerr

As for you Walter Granden, get out of The Willoughby Palace once and for all, and don't come back ever again. — Sylvie Jones

The point here is that physics followed the data where it seemed to lead, even though some thought the model gave aid and comfort to religion. — Michael Behe

It's when we say that we don't love something that people get surprised. "I thought you guys liked everything!" The stuff I don't like is the lounge-y muzak in restaurants, elevators and hotels. It really gets me angry, because it's supposed to be in the background. It's not supposed to be something that people listen to. — Stephen Dewaele