Squarciagola Quotes & Sayings

You never change people by fighting their existing reality. — R. Buckminster Fuller

I tell yeh, Bright-eyes. Men and women? A bloody mess. Every time. — David Kudler

I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books. — Diane Mott Davidson

You are what you settle for. — Janis Joplin

When you've had a little success, magazines are a lot less apt to use that phrase, 'Not for us. — Stephen King

We have the power to chose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world. — Jill Bolte Taylor

If you want to make something happen in your life or career, well then you make and find the time. Simple as that. — Ashley Purdy

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love. — Mitt Romney

Hence that morganatic bond between the forces of the left and the forces of the right (a director of a big steel company, the co-owner of a great department store, a figure high in the Republican organization, come quickly to mind) which made confusing common cause in exculpating Hiss by defaming Chambers. — Whittaker Chambers

Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Nerve us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. When that is spoken which has a right to be spoken, the chatter and the criticism will stop. Set down nothing that will not help somebody. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imagine someone is fast asleep in a very dark room. The friend who opens the curtains to let the light in will be cursed and hated. But the day had long since started, and the friend still sleeping curses the light, and prefers the darkness. In the same way, those who bring light to a dark situation will be cursed and ridiculed for their optimism and love. They will be scorned and rejected for their joy and hope. But optimism, love, hope, and joy should be pursued anyway. In all things, you must trust in the knowing your brain will never know, the feeling your heart can never reveal, and the Spirit your own soul still hasn't even begun to explore. This is the profound gift of a firm grasp on faith. — Sean Patrick Brennan