Valandinis Quotes & Sayings

In fact, the terrors that stem from our elaborate civilization may be far more threatening than those that primitive people attribute to demons. The — C. G. Jung

Whether a watercolor is inferior to an oil [painting], or whether a drawing, an etching, or a photograph is not as important as either, is inconsequent. To have to despise something in order to respect something else is a sign of impotence. — Paul Strand

It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally. — Jo Brand

When he is cheerful
when the sun shines into his mind
then I venture to peep in, just as far as the light reaches, but no further. It is holy ground where the shadow falls! — Nathaniel Hawthorne

When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I'm giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It's fantastic. — Maria Sharapova

The supreme principle of socialism is that man takes precedence over things, life over property, and hence, work over capital; that power follows creation, and not possession; that man must not be governed by circumstances, but circumstances must be governed by man. — Erich Fromm

Hey, come on, don't cry," he begs. "It breaks my fucking heart to hear you cry. — Elle Kennedy

I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character. — James Gandolfini

The largest and most powerful computers are still no match for the smallest and weakest humans. — Alison Gopnik

If he had to spend the evening with madwomen, he would prefer at least one of them be willing to let him grope her. — Thomm Quackenbush

To date, treasure-hunters have followed up clue after clue, including a dagger-marked tree, to no avail. If there is a fortune buried in Handcart Gulch, it is still safely hidden — Phyllis Flanders Dorset

All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob. — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet