Sfumato Painting Quotes & Sayings

What was money when one's life was at stake? We had learned that nothing lasts and that no value is absolute. The only exception to that rule: freedom. — Miklos Nyiszli

You sold out! We elected you, and you sold out! The next time we have an election, I think everyone should vote for himself. Or we might just as well vote for Charlie Brown! Yes, next year we may even say, 'You're elected, Charlie Brown! — Charles M. Schulz

Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile. — Laozi

Grendel waved his tail. Whatever horrors happened in his canine life, Grendel always bounced back with easy enthusiasm whenever some food made an appearance. A treat, a blanket in a nice warm house, an occasional pat on the head, and Grendel would be as happy as he could be. If only people were so easy. — Ilona Andrews

This profusion of questions, exclamations, and tales is the new version of the Society. Its members are spread all over the world, but they are joined by their love of books, of talking about books, and of their fellow readers. We are transformed each time we pass a book along, each time we ask a question about it. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of six strange men whose only objective is to make a hole in one with you. — Fred Allen

You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to grow up and resent you or, even worse, parent the way you parented them. — Alfie Kohn

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. — Diane Ackerman

I'll go get you something for the pain. (Lorelei)
An executioner and his ax would help. (Jack) — Kinley MacGregor

If you've only seen a dead body in a casket at a funeral, then you've never seen a real dead body. Believe me, I know, because recently I saw my first real dead body. — Jules Cassard

The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live. — Terry Pratchett

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness. — Lucas Papademos

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. — Eckhart Tolle

I am more of a doer than a writer. I do not live to write. I write because I have lived. — Thurman P. Banks Jr.

When you don't crave increase, you become a mystery — Sunday Adelaja