Raul Armesto Quotes & Sayings

Could it be that Americans are a restless people, a mobile people, never satisfied with where they are as a matter of selection? The pioneers, the immigrants who peopled the continent, were the restless ones in Europe. The steady rooted ones stayed home and are still there. But every one of us ... are descended from the restless ones, the wayward ones who were not content to stay at home. Wouldn't it be unusual if we had not inherited this tendency? And the fact is that we have. — John Steinbeck

We're not in prison, we're not junkies and we're not Young Tories ... it's no small achievement. — Iain Banks

It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter. — Christina Engela

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Apart from these parental physical jerks, he did not train his body; he merely inhabited it. A friend had once shown what he called gymnastics for the intelligentsia. You took a box of matches and threw its contents on the floor, then bent down and picked them up, one by one. The first time he tried it himself, he lost patience and stuffed all the matches back in handfuls. He persevered, but the next time, just as he was bending down, the telephone went, and he was needed at once; so the housekeeper was detailed to pick up the matches instead. — Julian Barnes

It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there. — Peter Nivio Zarlenga

I should take off this ridiculous hood so they can see my face and catch a glimpse at real perfection." (Vincent)
"Then you'd just be an enormous man with a hump and a beautiful face," Breccan said.
Vincent hissed. "And the fact remains ... you do think I'm beautiful," he said as he started to leave. — Madison Thorne Grey

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins. — Park Geun-hye

You have no dower," he said. "Live, Keturah. Go home."
"But I do have a dower," I said plainly. "This is my dower, Lord Death; the crown of flowers I will never wear at my wedding."
He knelt on one knee before me.
"The little house I would have had of my own, to furnish and clean. That, too, is part of my dower."
"I will give you the world for your footstool," he said.
"And most precious of all, I give you the wee baby I will never hold in my arms. — Martine Leavitt

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money. — Mignon McLaughlin

Lies are so suburban...But murder is nice and clean. — Carole Morin

Just cuz you get to the end doesn't mean you know what happened. — Karen Tei Yamashita

We're all scared most of the time. Life would be lifeless if we weren't. Be scared, and then jump into that fear. Again and again. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it. — Emma Hooper