Velban Quotes & Sayings

If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose
because it contains all the distinctions of the others
the fact that they were the people who created the phrase "to make money". No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity
to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words 'to make money' hold the essence of human morality. — Ayn Rand

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home. — William Boyd

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon. — Gloria Whelan

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing. — Oliver Stone

I could never accept
life as it was,
I could never gobble
down all its
poisons
bu there were parts,
tenuous magic parts
open for the
asking. — Charles Bukowski

Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself. — Rabindranath Tagore

Sometimes words spoken are the ones you've been afraid to think,
but once they're said aloud there's no way to make them
disappear — Alice Hoffman