Sticchi Damiani Quotes & Sayings

Do not trouble about those who practice philosophy, whether they are good or bad; but examine the thing itself well and carefully. And if philosophy appears a bad thing to you, turn every man from it, not only your sons; but if it appears to you such as I think it to be, take courage, pursue it, and practice it, as the saying is, 'both you and your house. — Socrates

I am somebody cause God don't make no junk — Ethel Waters

I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes. — John Malkovich

Take accountability ... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown. — Steve Maraboli

Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100 bill adulation and $1,000 canonization. — Nicholas Pileggi

There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed. — Edward Abbey

The unknown breeze came wafting towards us and filled our hearts with the fragrance of love! — Avijeet Das

I'm always tripped up by the eternal who am I? — Haruki Murakami

The battle against the devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the devil is still alive and active in the world. — Pope John Paul II

Leadership is all about people ... and getting the most out of people. — Colin Powell

Living in New York City, you have to keep trying to do a lot of things. — Caroline Shaw

She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?
The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.
When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear. — Philip Pullman

The joy of meeting and the sorrow of separation ... we should welcome these gifts ... with our whole soul, and experience to the full, and with the same gratitude, all the sweetness or bitterness as the case may be. Meeting and separation are two forms of friendship that contain the same good, in the one case through pleasure and in the other through sorrow ... Soon there will be distance between us. Let us love this distance which is wholly woven of friendship, for those who do not love each other are not separated. — Simone Weil