Sica Quotes & Sayings

If you have the strength to whine, you have the strength to do something about it. — Dan Wells

Know you got something when you smile about nothing. — Evans Biya

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin. — Satyajit Ray

Vittorio De Sica famously made 'Bicycle Thieves'; that's the film of his everybody knows. — Beeban Kidron

Is it not strange, that Love borders so much upon Hate? But this wicked Love is not like the true virtuous Love, to be sure: That and Hatred must be as far off, as Light and Darkness. And how must this Hate have been increased, if he had met with a base Compliance, after his wicked Will had been gratify'd? — Samuel Richardson

I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing. — Clint Eastwood

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself. — Vittorio De Sica

To be unbroken, what would that be?
If words that were spoken, had not shattered me — ZOEgirl

Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I'm telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen, when you have that light in your eye, that you feel so good, and you're a pleasant person to be around."Good morning, sir. Did you find everything that you need? Oh, that's over in aisle seven. I'll come help you as soon as," that's the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it. — Al Jarreau

There was no aphrodisiac more powerful than talking, no seduction more effective than curiosity. — Manju Kapur

Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do in this life is to let himself die. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Introduction to Poetry
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means. — Billy Collins

Young people who would have had no natural ties in Asia found themselves bound together in America, and more so with succeeding generations. The farther out in time from the point of arrival, the more Asian they became. It mirrored what happened to Africans brought to America as slaves. "We may have all come on different ships," Martin Luther King Jr. said, "but we're in the same boat now. — Alex Tizon

I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief. — Vittorio De Sica

Crime is stupid, lazy and weak. You can only exploit it and make money out of it. — Gregory David Roberts

It was a sad moment. There are sad moments in life, and this was one of them. — Elizabeth Strout

There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on. — Vittorio De Sica

The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration. — Beeban Kidron

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. — Vittorio De Sica