Risanamento Quotes & Sayings

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. — James Whistler

A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted. — Evan Esar

Trotsky was essentially a Western mind. Lenin was a Russian, and unlike most other revolutionary exiles, wherever he went he was a Russian. — Whittaker Chambers

Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents. — William Shakespeare

The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich an experience for those who reserve the chance to read them for when they are in the best condition to enjoy them. — Italo Calvino

Perhaps it would be better to say that, rather than losing their passion, they had frozen it by over-idealizing it. — Kobo Abe

Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything. — John Lydon

War is nothing but organized murder. — Harry Patch

There is a slumbering subterranean fire in nature which never goes out, and which no cold can chill. — Henry David Thoreau

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself. — Seneca The Younger

You cannot mend the chromosome, quell the earthquake, or stanch the flood. You cannot atone for the dead tyrants' murders and you alone cannot stop living tyrants. As Martin Buber saw it, the world of ordinary days "affords" us that precise association with god that redeems both us and our speck of world. God entrusts and allots to everyone an area to redeem: this creased and feeble life, "the world in which you live, just as it is, and not otherwise." "Insofar as he cultivates and enjoys them in holiness, he frees their souls ... he who prays and sings in holiness, eats and speaks in holiness ... through him the sparks which have fallen will be uplifted, and the worlds which have fallen will be delivered and renewed. — Annie Dillard

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place. — Jennifer Aniston

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us? — Ron Paul

You just read your books and go on a hundred miles away, You ignore me. — Barbara Kingsolver