Rodaris Quotes & Sayings

I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words to heighten the patness of the image, and so making of it a conceit rather than a metaphor, a fault copiously illustrated in the poetry of Cowley, Waller, Donne, and others of that ilk. — Sidney Lanier

Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk. — Andre Dubus III

Perhaps art is simply an organism's reaction against its retentive limitations. — Joseph Brodsky

It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments — Franz Beckenbauer

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts. — John Steinbeck

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations. — Ralph Fiennes

It is when we think we lead that we are most led. — Lord Byron

Desires are done by the 'Pudgal' (non-self mind-body-complex), so how can they be suppressed? If You (the Self) are the one doing the desiring, then why don't you stop it? But that doesn't happen therefore, desire is a matter pertaining to the Pudgal (non-self mind-body-complex). — Dada Bhagwan

The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read. — Nicholson Baker

Although my justification was secured in a moment, the process of my understanding and acceptance took place over a year-long time of some guys being patient with me and loving me and walking with me. They invited me to church gatherings and spiritual events, and they even allowed me to mock those things. They just patiently explained them to me more fully. I asked a lot of questions that I now know won't be answered this side of heaven, but they let me ask them anyway, and they tried to answer. Sometimes they'd give me books to read. Through that whole year, God began to gather kindling around my life. — Matt Chandler

A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life. — Woodrow Wilson

Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States — Barry M. Goldwater

There's really five companies who control 90% of what we read, see, and hear. — Ted Turner