Quattrini Vespa Quotes & Sayings

Books are where the ideas come from, though the ideas need to be simplified, reduced, submitted to ideological purification." ("Notes on the Mono-Culture"). — Mark Edmundson

I felt a bit like Dante, chancing upon one of his old acquaintances in the nth circle of hell. — Paul Murray

Mr. Clark, can I taste your meat?" I asked, smiling seductively at him.
He forked a bit of beef and leaned over. "Ms. Summers, you can taste my meat anytime."
"Is it thick, rich, and full of flavour?" I asked, innocently.
"You won't find one, thicker, richer, or tastier!" he smirked, nearly making me giggle. — K.M. Golland

Between frivolity and intentional mischief there is little difference, none in the results. — Ilka Chase

His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed certain lines; the script was always the same, and they had no option but to beg for mercy. — Kiran Desai

I came up from a difficult background. — Gordon Ramsay

The whole trial seemed surreal. — Bernhard Goetz

Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged. — Joel Sternfeld

nothing more than his favorite image of himself. The mirror in my room in the Windsor Hotel in Paris reflected my favorite image of me - a darkly handsome young airline pilot, smooth-skinned, bull-shouldered and immaculately groomed. Modesty is not one of my virtues. — Frank W. Abagnale

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat. — Ice Cube

Photography, not soft gutless painting, is best equipped to bore into the spirit of today. — Edward Weston

If you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically. — Jojo Moyes