Ritornell Quotes & Sayings

Via Joseph Campbell: My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, "The best things can't be told," because they transcend thought. "The second best are misunderstood," because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can't be thought about, and one gets stuck in the thoughts."The third best are what we talk about. — Heinrich Robert Zimmer

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it. — Carlos Ghosn

Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors. — Jay Leno

I don't need to be 19 years old or starve myself for some weight or turn men's heads down that road. And thank God I finally know that. — Trisha Yearwood

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth. — Marcus Aurelius

I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my roots are in modern and ballet but, professionally, that's not really out there any more, unfortunately, so these artists aren't really having a lot of ballet dancers behind them so I had to learn hip hop really quick. — Jenna Dewan

Nobody's life is filled with perfect little moments. And if it were, they wouldn't be perfect little moments. They would just be normal. How would you ever know happiness if you never experience downs? — Cecelia Ahern

A philanthropic venture requires all the energy, knowledge and money from its founder that a company requires from the leadership team. — Romesh Wadhwani

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. — Everett Dirksen

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them. — Sting

I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this. — John Lennon

And you work for that demon, right? The one who looks like Matthew Broderick?"
"John Cusack," I corrected. "He looks like John Cusack."
"Whatever. — Richelle Mead

It is possible to transcend the usual limitations of the body, ego, space, and linear time. — Stanislav Grof

Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with a wrench. — Terry Pratchett

Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men. — Giorgio De Chirico