Velludo In English Quotes & Sayings

middle of the 12th century, Gratian composed a legal synthesis entitled Concordantia discordantium canonum [Concordance of Conflicting Canons]. It is better known as the Decretum. This work, considered as a corpus iuris canonici (a code containing the then-effective ecclesiastical laws), became a model for later jurists who added to it. — Stephen F. Brown

We kind of shape our truths as we speak them. We fashion things to suit the occasion or the person or our own needs in the moment. — George Carlin

As I left my cab in the traffic jam, the driver made it clear he didn't like it that I was ending our relationship so unexpectedly — Steve Toltz

Beside me, Adrian's own smile vanished, and he went perfectly still. Tatiana, the former Moroi queen, had been Christian's great-aunt. — Richelle Mead

The effectiveness of a new culture depends on the strength of the people behind the change and the strength of the pre-existing culture. — Steve Gruenert

I think nobody is in a position to react to these big macro-issues. Where is the dollar going to be or what is G.D.P. growth going to be in China? For every smart person on one side of the question, there is another smart person on the other side. — David F. Swensen

I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it. — Jack Layton

It is hard for a flat thing to understand a round one. — Arthur Dove

To get paid to play a game I love was enough for me, no matter what the rules were. — Dolph Schayes

Life is not defined by what you achieve, but what you give. — Debasish Mridha