Siriana Spain Quotes & Sayings

His political and social speeches were cataracts of anecdotes and "loud laughter"; his bodily health was of a bursting sort; his ethics were all optimism; and he dealt with the Drink problem (his favourite topic) with that immortal or even monotonous gaiety which is so often a mark of the prosperous total abstainer. The established story of his conversion was familiar on the more puritanic platforms and pulpits, how he had been, when only a boy, drawn away from Scotch theology to Scotch whisky, and how he had risen out of both and become (as he modestly put it) what he was. Yet his wide white beard, cherubic face, and sparkling spectacles, at the numberless dinners and congresses where they appeared, made it hard to believe, somehow, that he had ever been anything so morbid as either a dram-drinker or a Calvinist. He was, one felt, the most seriously merry of all the sons of men. — Wilkie Collins

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love — Whitney Houston

We are all exposed to the flash bulb of death. — Allen Ginsberg

Passion is so contagious. When you're working on a project where people care, on every level, from the key grips to the main writer to the star of the show, you can't help but want to jump on board and create something. — Seth Gabel

There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect. — Martin Filler

There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. — Ray Bradbury

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation. — Al-Ghazali

I started with Apple, in a pre-Windows era when PCs seemed to involve more of a learning curve. But the fact that I'm yet to acquire so much as a single virus still seems a very good thing. — William Gibson

When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast. — Charisma Carpenter

Implementation inheritance is a very good example for adding much conceptual complexity without giving us the full power of the ideas it builds upon. — Anonymous

The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character. — Mia Wasikowska