Placentero Quotes & Sayings

Movies' mistrust of capitalism is almost as old as the medium itself. — James Surowiecki

I am annoyed by people that send messages via FaceBook because I get an e-mail telling me there is a message on FaceBook - so I end up processing two messages for every one sent. — Vint Cerf

I don't feel that as an artist my job is to offer PR propaganda, whether for the good or for the bad. — Ayad Akhtar

You know, I did records by myself and I always will say the Isley Brothers, and featuring Ronald. I won't, you know, just, I won't try to deviate from the Isley Brothers, because that's what the family dream was all about. — Ronald Isley

She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars. — Lois Lowry

If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in. — Kate Reardon

We need to know what the Bible teaches about right and wrong. Every day we are battered by messages - from the media, advertising, entertainment, celebrities, even our friends - with one underlying theme: Live for yourself. — Billy Graham

It is quite exhilarating to speak about a God who has an incredible bias, a notorious bias in favor of the downtrodden. You look at Exodus and the Israelites' escape from a bottomless pit. God is not evenhanded. God is biased up to his eyebrows. — Desmond Tutu

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt. — Chili Davis

They say I'm worth either €200 million, €100 million, €50 million or €10 million, but that's something between God, the HMRC and myself. — Wilbur Smith

I am not afraid of beauty, unlike most artists today. The pollen, the milk, the beeswax, they have a beauty that is incredible, that is beyond the imagination, something which you cannot believe is a reality-and it is the most real. I could not make it myself, I could not create it myself, but I can participate in it. Trying to create it yourself is only a tragedy, participating in it is a big chance. — Wolfgang Laib

Certain kinds of knowledge rob people of their sleep. — Haruki Murakami

Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled. — Kevin Nealon