Ruinas Gloriosas Quotes & Sayings

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It strikes me that what the attack on the World Trade Center stole from us is our willingness to be complex. Or what the attack on the World Trade Center revealed to us is that we were never complex. We might want to believe that we can condemn and we can love and we can condemn because we love our country, but that's too complex. — Claudia Rankine

We always feel threatened by things we don't know. But, there are definitely some weird things going on. — Aaron Eckhart

And an old priest said, Speak to us of Religion.
And he said:
Who can separate his faith from his actions?
Who can spread his hours before him, saying, "This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?" ...
He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked ...
And he to whom worshiping is a window, to open but also to shut, has not yet visited the house of his soul ... — Kahlil Gibran

Go on a living spree. While you're here, why not live it up? Make your list, then go be, do, and have everything you want. Live life to the fullest. Live a life of no regrets. Strive toward your potential. NO restrictions apply. This offer is good for a limited time only. Don't miss this opportunity. Go on a living spree! — Clifton Anderson

Because it is a national landmark, there is only one way to judge the Kennedy Center - against the established standard of progressive and innovative excellence in architectural design that this country is known and admired for internationally. Unfortunately, the Kennedy Center not only does not achieve this standard of innovative excellence; it also did not seek it. The architect opted for something ambiguously called 'timelessness' and produced meaninglessness. It is to the Washington manner born. Too bad, since there is so much of it. — Ada Louise Huxtable

People who pretends to be your friends when they're so not — Tessa Intanya

Tuff time don't last, tuff people do! — George Peck

I hated the soup and felt little for the can. — Patti Smith

I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield. — Bat For Lashes

You cannot live your dreams and fears simultaneously. One must die. — Orrin Woodward

I looked at her when she was saying this and I realized that there is absolutely nothing you can say to a person who would feel comfortable suggesting something like that, let alone a direct accusation. — Harvey Pekar

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all. — Jose Saramago

Greater technological connectivity makes the world wider, and the walls of isolation - thinner. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj