Trimarchi Florida Quotes & Sayings

Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. — Stephen King

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. — Will Durant

We all believe that we are a certain kind of person, but we never know until we do something that proves otherwise, or until we die. — Chuck Klosterman

There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species. — Mark Twain

In so far as it is an institution intended to achieve, for the benefit of the greatest number, the social reforms to which landed suffrage is opposed, universal suffrage is powerless; especially if it pretends to legislate or govern directly. For, until the social reforms are accomplished, the greatest number is of necessity the least enlightened, and consequently the least capable of understanding and effecting reforms. In regard to the antinomy, pointed out by him, of liberty and government, - whether the latter be monarchic, aristocratic, or democratic in form. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

It would be a grand thing for any community, large or small, to set aside even five minutes of the day for serious contemplation. If nothing more were to result than the recognition of such a feeling as "community" it would be a great step forward. If it be true that we have not yet accepted the fact that we are members of "one world," or even of one nation, how much more true it is that we are not even members of the little communities to which we belong. We become more and more atomized, more and more separate and isolate. We hand our problems over to our respective governments, absolving ourselves of duty, conscience, and initiative. We do not believe in personal example, though we profess to worship that great exemplar Jesus the Christ. We hide from the face of reality: it is too terrible, we think. Yet it is we, only we, who have created this hideous world. And it is we who will change it - by changing our own inner vision. — Henry Miller

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity. — Charles Ives

My father, Philip Fisher, was the toughest guy I ever knew. An example: He had terrible teeth, yet he got his fillings done without ever using a painkiller. Now, that's tough! — Kenneth Fisher

Heaven forbid!
That would be the greatest misfortune of all!
To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate!
Do not wish me such an evil. — Jane Austen

History is unkind to those it abandons, and can be equally unkind to those who make it. — Salman Rushdie

I literally remember when I made my audition tape for 'Buffy'. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall and put some safety pins in my jeans. I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for 'Buffy', and they were so excited. — Eliza Dushku

I love writing songs where the name is the title. — Katy B

I always wanted to play a big, black man, but that would cost too much make-up. — Robin Williams