Tortolano And Company Quotes & Sayings

... It is immensely moving when a mature man - no matter whether old or young in years - is aware of a responsibility with heart and soul. He then acts by following an ethic of responsibility and somewhere reaches the point where he says: 'Here I stand; I can do no other'. That is something genuinely human and moving. And every one of us who is not spiritually dead must realize the possibility of finding himself at some time in that position. In so far as this is true, an ethic of ultimate ends and an ethic of responsibility are not absolute contrasts but rather supplements, which only in unison constitute a genuine man - a man who can have the 'calling for politics'. — Max Weber

There's no protecting anyone," Fix said, and reached over from his wheelchair to put his hand on hers. "Keeping people safe is a story we tell ourselves. — Ann Patchett

The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and the magician; but by all as things now are with slight endeavour and scanty success. — Francis Bacon

Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and be wildly fascinated by me? — Ted Dekker

When the mind, body, and spirit work together I believe anything is possible. — Criss Angel

Burning churches associate with war. But here there are churches burning in peacetime. Can a country be engaged in an invisible war against an unseen enemy? — Henning Mankell

Think I have made a terrible mistake going to college.
Have decided to become a shepherd and spend my days tending to flocks of goats — Scott Frost

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, — Barack Obama

That's the whole story of my life: frustration. It's a chronic disease, and it's incurable. — Robert E. Sherwood