Pio Pico Quotes & Sayings

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. — Angela Davis

Friends are the pulse of life. — Pierce Brown

The duty of universities is toward their nation, for which they must prepare leaders in all fields and these must be necessarily ethnically native. For it is intolerable that a nation educate for itself alien leaders in its universities. — A. C. Cuza

Life is a battle immortal, an eternal struggle between Light and Dark. — Karen Azinger

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. — Robert Byrne

You've punctured my solitude, I told you. — Maggie Nelson

I have a place in Costa Rica that is in the middle of the jungle. There's no Internet. There's no TV. Do I work there? Hell no. — Shane Smith

I love a man who knows how to walk. I do like a gentleman, a man who opens the door and a man who walks on the proper side of the street with you. There's something safe about it; he's protecting you. That's a really nice quality. You don't see it as often anymore. I pay attention to those things. I know it sounds silly, but I love that. I'm fortunate to say that I have a good guy. Oh, and he has to have great hands. There's a lot I find sexy in a man, but strong, manly hands are very important. — Lana Parrilla

Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold of deafness. — Harriet Lerner

My eyes wondered from one end of the mountains to the other. 'Do you think they go on forever?'
'The mountains?' Aritomo said, as though he had been asked that question before. 'They fade away. Like all things. — Tan Twan Eng

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do. — Ted Nelson

I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't going to raise the debt ceiling, and then they went to Washington, D.C., and did exactly that. — Mick Mulvaney