Rotondo Quotes & Sayings

Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also we would not require the medical art for relief if we were immune to disease, as was the case, by God's gift, at the time of Creation before the Fall. — Saint Basil

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything. — David Cameron

If I could do anything, I would go to the middle of our planet Earth and seek uranium, rubies and gold. I'd look for unspoiled monsters. Then I'd move to the country.
Florie Rotondo, age 8 — Truman Capote

His introduction throws me. The only time I can envision "Hi, I'm a surgeon" as a fitting introduction is if I were on a gurney in a stark white room and a man wielding a scalpel was standing over me. Plus, it's been a while since we've talked careers with anyone. Jobs are rarely a topic of conversation anymore--they exist in a place and time too far away to seem interesting. "What do you do?" is not a question asked to define someone, because out here we're all working the same jobs: yachties, mechanics, navigators, weather-readers, fishermen, adventure travelers, storytellers. — Torre DeRoche

How well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story. — Simon Mainwaring

Jewelry and clothes for Isabel and Polly. A piece of the Berlin Wall for Esther. — Liane Moriarty

The distance between us feels too close, too far, too close. — Stephanie Perkins

The only way we can change an enemy to a friend is by forgiveness. — Debasish Mridha

I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older — Lauren Oliver