Spigna Cucina Quotes & Sayings

In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees. — Louise Hay

Habit to us is given from above:
it is a substitute for happiness. — Alexander Pushkin

But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others ... To experience yourself as "voiceless" is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. — Mary Rose O'Reilley

Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets. — Statius

Life ain't all blow jobs and ice cream. Sometimes it's a shit sandwich and a kick in the nuts. — Matt Cole

We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We are caught within our own skins, our own sensibilities; we never know if our technique has been adequate to the vision. — Madeleine L'Engle

There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard. — Joseph Joubert

It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack. — Edmund White

When he reached the wire gate he stopped and stood looking back toward the horse barn and the cow lots. Then he raised his head and peered up at the stars. He spoke aloud. You dumb old son of a bitch, he said. You dumb old ignorant stupid son of a bitch. Then — Kent Haruf

A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories. — Eraldo Banovac

And you wish to be a poet; and you wish to be a lover. — Virginia Woolf

And scared through my system - adrenaline mixed with lust and longing. It's a heady, potent cocktail. Christian's stance has changed completely, — E.L. James

The TV Tropes QC page is every single idiotic comment from my forums distilled into one HTML document. — Jeph Jacques