Spilimbergo Duomo Quotes & Sayings

It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon these rather than upon what you do not want. To spend time and effort concentrating upon what you do not want is not rational. — Maxwell Maltz

Ideology - that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others' eyes, so that he won't hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors. That was how the agents of the Inquisition fortified their wills: by invoking Christianity; the conquerors of foreign lands, by extolling the grandeur of their Motherland; the colonizers, by civilization; the Nazis, by race; and the Jacobins (early and late), by equality, brotherhood, and the happiness of future generations. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will always say, 'Oh, Julie Adams - 'Creature from the Black Lagoon.' — Julie Adams

Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch each other. — Paolo Giordano

Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed! — Petrarch

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket. — William Golding

I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless. — Talulah Riley

Those crazies in Montana who say, 'We're going to kill ATF agents because the U.N.'s going to take over'? Well, they're beginning to have a case. — Dick Morris

Too much talking and not enough writhing in ecstasy. You will commence writhing now. — Katie MacAlister

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness. — Pico Iyer

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it? — Elliott Smith

I have never been a celibate. If people believe so, that is their foolishness. — Rajneesh

As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority. — Ayn Rand

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments. — Andrew Jackson