Timpanelli Quotes & Sayings

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. — Vladimir Kramnik

In these days there is no time to pray; but without time, and a lot of it, we shall never learn to pray. — Samuel Chadwick

We should wash our dirty linen at home. — Napoleon Bonaparte

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. — Samuel Johnson

It's almost as if creativity is dead. The visual power of advertising was everywhere - now it's basically gone. — George Lois

Step by step she lived over every instant of the time she had been with Robert ... She recalled his words, his looks. How few and meager they had been for her hungry heart! ... She wondered when he would come back. He had not said he would come back. She had been with him had heard his voice and touched his hand. But some way he had seemed nearer to her off there in Mexico. — Kate Chopin

That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all. — Gordon Banks

Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true. — Sara Sheridan

When in a Mississippi jungle, you feel as if you're at the mercy of dark desires and ancient impulses. Despite unprecedented levels of pollution, cancerous suburban sprawl, and devastating natural disasters, the animals and insects still thrive in Mississippi. But not as much as the humans, the worst of all in Mississippi's animal kingdom, who reproduce with as little forethought as the cicadas restlessly moaning for mates in the bayou. Mississippi — Ken Ilgunas

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king."
"Yes."
"Unorthodox. — Tom Stoppard

Now, are those engaged in the business of governing any different by nature from those they govern?"
"Yes. They're prideful and tend to sexual misconduct. Also, the situation of being in government tends to drive you mad."
"But are they more virtuous or more intelligent? Or more compassionate?"
"Ha!"
"Let's call that one a 'no. — Nick Harkaway