Venetians History Quotes & Sayings

It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard the legend that the Venetians were half human, half beast.She knew that this could not be true, but in the swirling fog of this hellish city she almost believed it. The creatures seemed to stare at her down their warped noses from their blank and hollow eyes. And overlord of all was the winged lion - he was everywhere, watching from every plaque or pennant, ubiquitous and threatening. — Marina Fiorato

Writing is nothing if not carrying the hopeless, backbreaking burden of decisions devoid of consequences. — Aleksandar Hemon

A smile is the most beautiful dance of a woman's heart. — Debasish Mridha

What we're focusing on is the images that were in people's minds being replaced by fresh images, to make way for the rebirth of New Orleans. We're showing the other side. — Steve Perry

I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues. — Tim Vine

Europe is not old; it's rotten. Most Europeans are ignorant, racist, greedy and lazy. — Daniel Marques

Whenever Maeve would mention another foster case or needy child she'd heard about and say, What's another pound on an elephant? — James Patterson

If your color is my color & my color is your color than why we differentiate between us ... — Adil Adam Memon

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine. — Richard Selzer

When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs. — Rita Ora

According to old frineds who grew up with Stanley Ann Dunham, she became a serious student of Communist and Marxist theories back in high school. One profile even named a few of her radical teachers and administrators at Mercer High, which Dunham attended, whose classrooms formed part of what was called "anarchy alley." What sounds strange is that this avante-garde, supposedly idealistic communist-thinking student of the left met a major oil company executive during the radical 1960s, and not only found him not to be a repulsively evil money-grubbing capitalist pig, but was so taken in by his Big Oil company/military charm that she married him.
Okay, so maybe that's not coincidence. Maybe that's just the power of love. — Mondo Frazier

You're the only one who can decide what's best for you. — Stuart Wilde

I would like to compare football and cinema. I think it's very similar. It's two games ... different games. You have to work very hard and find the confidence to enjoy it on the pitch or in the film. — Eric Cantona

We all saw it coming. Arsenal's youth policy has always been very good. — Roy Hodgson

I am not for abortion; nobody is for abortion. I am for your right to make your own hard choices in this world. — Linda Ellerbee