Scufundari Quotes & Sayings

Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting. — Pablo Picasso

A man of your valor deserves not another breath. — Craig R. Key

Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,
Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars
Makest to teem the many-voyaged main
And fruitful lands- for all of living things
Through thee alone are evermore conceived,
Through thee are risen to visit the great sun-
Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on,
Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away,
For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers,
For thee waters of the unvexed deep
Smile, and the hollows of the serene sky
Glow with diffused radiance for thee! — Lucretius

I saw a lot of men die there. Most men. Do you know what killed them?" ... "Despair," said Finney. "They believed themselves to be prisoners. I lived with those men, ate the same maggot-infested food, slept in the same beds, did the same back-breaking work. But they died and I lived. Do you know why?" "You were free." "I was free. Milton was right ... the mind is its own place. I was never a prisoner. Not then, not now. — Louise Penny

He may have gotten spanked by a barbecue grill, but on a desk unit, he was a king. — J.D. Robb

The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that of course we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious. — Francine Prose

History will remember you for your accomplishments, not for your ability. — Debasish Mridha

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority. — James Madison

There are ways to minimize the risk if you are a woman working in the Middle East: You can dress modestly, wear the hijab, cover your head, always travel with a man. — Lynsey Addario

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. — Oscar Robertson

What's that plate that's above a saucer but below a plate? — Karl Pilkington

This is the end and the beginning of an age. This is something far greater than the French Revolution or the Reformation and we live in it. — H.G.Wells

Less frightening, but no less disgusting, is the Iranian taste for jam made out of carrots. — Paul Theroux