Trombetta 862 Quotes & Sayings

The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but if we consider it in a proper point of view, this taste is an incontestible proof of the good sense and profoundly philosophic temper of the present times. Of the numbers who study, or at least who read history, how few derive any advantage from their labors! — Maria Edgeworth

And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history - money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery - the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. — C.S. Lewis

I think what it is is do not depend on the president to get you over the line. Do not depend on the fundraising, on the turnout operation, the president's own popularity, because it's not going to work. — Christopher Michael Cillizza

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are. — Patricia Velasquez

I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing. — Ricky Martin

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. — Thomas A Kempis

When bad girls perform to get their needs met, they get in trouble. When good girls perform to get the same thing, we get praise. That is why the hiding is so easy for us. We work hard, we do right, and we try not to ruffle feathers. And even if we do all that by the strength of our own selves, we tell ourselves it's okay. It seems to work, therefore it's acceptable. — Emily P. Freeman

He had so long since ceased to direct his life toward any ideal goal, and had confined himself to the pursuit of quotidian satisfactions, that he had come to believe, though without ever formally stating his belief even to himself that he would remain all his life in that condition, which only death could alter. — Marcel Proust

Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts. — Konrad Lorenz

This principle holds that a reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival. — Richard Louv

I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're too critical, it affects them. They don't want to be that honest, because they need to keep their appearance up. — Neil Patrick Harris

Brief life is here our portion. — John Mason Neale

Duty cannot exist without faith. — Benjamin Disraeli

The beginning of mindful eating is the realization that eating meat is not about the meat-eater; it is about the animals who are tormented and killed. — Norm Phelps

Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea. — Didier Drogba