Seicento Quotes & Sayings

And do not forget that the blood of rebellion flows through your veins, that around your soul meanders the river of perfection; above all stay devoted to your art - even if it is only the art of living! - above all remain loyal to it. — Philippe Petit

Some summers my father would take us down to visit our grandmother in Louisville, who was an ex-slave, Susan Jones, and she had a shotgun shack they call it, and no electricity, a well in the back, a coal stove, kerosene lamps. — Quincy Jones

If I waited long enough and said, "Okay, so what you're saying is you liked your life a lot better when you were 30?" everybody would get real quiet and then admit that that wasn't the case, that they really felt like they were sort of growing into themselves in a way. — Anna Quindlen

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters. — Winston Churchill

They will look, and they will talk, and some will mock you." Let them mock, — George R R Martin

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. — Seneca The Younger

It's simple. Listen to your heart. With everything you do, listen to your heart. If your heart feels right, you can't go wrong. — Jim Devitt

He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed. — Henry David Thoreau