Universul Argesean Quotes & Sayings

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

For [W. B.] Yeats magic was not so much a kind of poetry as poetry a kind of magic, and the object of both alike was evocation of energies and knowledge from beyond normal consciousness. — Kathleen Raine

You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made. — Peter Webber

When at last he could lift his head, he asked, "What have you done?"
"What have I done?" She lifted a mocking brow. "Why, I've kidnapped the marquees of Northcliff."
"You dare to admit it?" Inch by painful inch, he dragged himself onto the cot.
"Admitting to it is the least of my sins. I did it. — Christina Dodd

It seems to me that we are rather in the position of the hunters who divided up the skin of the bear before they had killed it. I personally cannot foresee the situation in which we may find ourselves at the end of the war, and I therefore think that any discussion at the present time of how we are going to cut up the Turkish Empire is chiefly of academic interest. BRITISH GENERAL GEORGE MACDONOGH, DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, JANUARY 7, 1916 — Scott Anderson

Our Father which art in heaven - Stay there - And we will stay on earth - Which is sometimes so pretty. — Jacques Prevert

As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ. — Gregory Of Nyssa

I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself. — Tyler, The Creator

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you. — Gregory Benford

Always return your weapon along the same path it traveled out on. In this way you can use it again without having to relocate and rethink our attitude. — Miyamoto Musashi

Never will there be a shortage of reasons for anxiety, whether born of happiness or misery; life will press on its way from one pursuit to another; leisure will never be enjoyed, though the prayer is constantly on our lips. — Seneca.

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. — David Hockney