Puentes 2021 Quotes & Sayings

Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the reputation of being a miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule. — Niccolo Machiavelli

We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked hard and needed a break before we got stale. We spent six months at home and writing songs. — John Bonham

Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives. — Plato

When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound. — Paul Auster

Brush strokes write poetry harmonized through the cords of an artist's imagination.
Color, contrast, simple compassion splattered across paper leaves tainted with the melody of the silent wind.
Gasping, grasping, simply glancing at the souls of those who were not blessed with the visionary sight of inspirational artistry. — Laura S. Al Bast

I am filled with fear and tormented with terrible visions of pain. Everywhere people are hurting one another, the planet is rampant with injustices, whole societies plunder groups of their own people, mothers imprison sons, children perish while brothers war. O, woe. — Robert Anton Wilson

I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12. — David Copperfield

I reject passive consumption. I reject the premise. I will have no passive consumers. Casanova will not stop and explain itself to you. It will not allow you to flip through it while you're dropping a deuce and waiting for Batman to show up. — Matt Fraction

When I sit behind that electronic drum, it dominates me; there is no innovation in composing music like that. — Sivamani

He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. — Ellen Hopkins

I'm used to being in creative environments where people throw out a lot of ideas. — Tim Armstrong

When you think about it, Alaska is also near the North Pole, so she must also be friends with Santa. — Jon Stewart

I never hold a grudge. As soon as I get even with the son-of-a bitch, I forget it. — W.C. Fields

There is another way to think about conversation, one that is less about information and more about creating a space to be explored. You are interested in hearing about how another person approaches things - her or her opinions and associations. In this kind of conversation - I think of it as 'whole person conversation' - if things go quiet for a while you look deeper, you don't look away or text a friend. You try to read your friends in a different way. Perhaps you look into their faces or attend to their body language. Or you allow for silence. Perhaps when we talk about 'conversations' being boring, such a frequent complaint, we are saying how uncomfortable we are with stillness. — Sherry Turkle