Sassicaia 2015 Quotes & Sayings

It is an illusion to think that [EU] states can hold on to their autonomy. — Hans Tietmeyer

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing. — John Green

Life is truly too short to not be HAPPY and GRATEFUL today. — Teresa Collins

Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas

No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil. — Melanie Phillips

It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense. — Thomas Ligotti

I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done. — Werner Herzog

I'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit of play. — Simon Gray

Good posture is important for health reasons, as well as for your appearance, because it reflects your personal attitude. — Cindy Ann Peterson

In the story of the blind men and the elephant, what's usually ignored is the fact that each man's description was correct. What Faye won't understand and may never understand is that there is not one true self hidden by many false ones. Rather, there is one true self hidden by many other true ones. Yes, she is the meek and shy and industrious student. Yes, she is the panicky and frightened child. Yes, she is the bold and impulsive seductress. Yes, she is the wife, the mother. And many other things as well. Her belief that only one of these is true obscures the larger truth, which was ultimately the problem with the blind men and the elephant. It wasn't that they were blind - it's that they stopped too quickly, and so never knew there was a larger truth to grasp. — Nathan Hill

But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago, I think we might put down all their results, add them together, and then divide by the number of mathematicians, and thus find the average coefficient of error. (1908) — Hiram Maxim

There is something infinitely better than happily-ever-after. There is happiness. Happiness is a living, dynamic thing, Eve, and has to be worked on every moment for the rest of our lives. It is a far more exciting prospect than that silly static idea of a happily-ever-after. Would you not agree? - Aidan Bedwyn — Mary Balogh