Veciofenis Quotes & Sayings

Let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she will come. — William Shakespeare

Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a great childhood in Boston. It was wonderful. — Leonard Nimoy

The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the economic fringes. It's people who worked hard and played by the rules. — Elizabeth Warren

Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self. — Tom Bissell

We are all important parts of a much larger system, pieces of the universe's puzzle that would not be complete without us. — Russell Eric Dobda

Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration for the coward, or respect for the incompetent. — Ayn Rand

I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people. — Timothy Bottoms

Intellectual freedom depends upon material things. — Virginia Woolf

When you turn guesses into plans, you enter a danger zone. Plans let the past drive the future. They put blinders on you. "This is where we're going because, well, that's where we said we were going." And that's the problem: Plans are inconsistent with improvisation. — Jason Fried

David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand.
And what was that?
God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain.
God wanted a broken vessel. — Gene Edwards

Having lived his life in the belief that something great could be just around every corner, did he realize for the first time that no more corners could be turned? p.18 — Gloria Steinem

I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or hopefully that we will ever see. If they could keep writing and keep a voice alive, keep people hopeful through their poetry, then I would be ashamed to stop and to give in. It would be really self-indulgent, unacceptable, and inexcusable to walk away from it. — Sara Paretsky

It's hardly matters whether it's true or false. The point is the slander. People love scandal — Agota Kristof

I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. — Frederick Douglass

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go. — Trevor Dunn