Sciarpa Uomo Quotes & Sayings

Little bits of Norwegian came to me by a kind of aural osmosis. The most surprising linguistic fact I learned was the impoverishment of that language in swear words. In fact, there is only one- 'farn'- which merely means something like 'devil take it!', but is considered very rude by a well brought-up Viking. It has to pass muster for most of the everyday tragedies that beset an expedition. If a finger is hammered, you jump up and down and cry 'farn'; if you drop an outstanding fossil irretrievably into the sea, you splutter for a while and then mutter 'farn' under your breath. If all your provisions were carried away by a hurricane and death were guaranteed, all the poor Norwegian could do would be to stand on the shingle and cry 'farn' into the wind. Somehow this does not seem adequate for the occasion. — Richard Fortey

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. — Carl Jung

Any friendship or relationship is about a language. — Gina Bellman

I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo — Billy Bragg

I do not know anything about 'all the good guys are taken' but I certainly know none of the beautiful girls are virgin. — M.F. Moonzajer

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood. — Charles Dickens

In your heart there is innocence waiting to be free. — Ray Davies

Remember Who it is that has placed you in your present position; perhaps you have no home, perhaps you have experienced a reverse of fortune; no matter what! It is God who has willed it so, therefore look to Him for guidance and protection. - HINTS TO GOVERNESSES, BY ONE OF THEMSELVES, 1856 — Julie Klassen

It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to Him. — Patti Smith

Utopians are heedless of methods. To render the human species happy, they are prepared to subject it to murder, torture, lethal injection, incineration, deportation, sterilization, quartering, lobotomy, electrocution, military invasion, bombing, etc. — Juan Rodolfo Wilcock

I think a big part of being a success is confidence. Just look at me, I know I'm successful, and I am. — Zach Braff

The hand of God strikes swiftly, particularly when assisted by the hand of man. — Maurice Druon

This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is. — John McEnroe