Verdaderos Quotes & Sayings

If the first button of one's coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked. — Giordano Bruno

The very desire to preserve animals was a subjective sentiment of fail in the animal's intrinsic worth. It was a feeling possessed by most of the scientists there, who regarded the wildebeeste migration with the same awe that others feel for the Mona Lisa, but they would not admit this sentiment into their arguments because it could not be backed up by facts; the right and worng of aesthetics being imponderables not open to scientific analysis. At the end of the meeting there was a consensus of opinion on only one fact, that there was an urgent need for research before taking any hasty action. — Iain Douglas-Hamilton

Human nature presents human minds with a puzzle which they have not yet solved and may never succeed in solving, for all that we can tell. The dichotomy of a human being into 'soul' and 'body' is not a datum of experience. No one has ever been, or ever met, a living human soul without a body ... Someone who accepts - as I myself do, taking it on trust - the present-day scientific account of the Universe may find it impossible to believe that a living creature, once dead, can come to life again; but, if he did entertain this belief, he would be thinking more 'scientifically' if he thought in the Christian terms of a psychosomatic resurrection than if he thought in the shamanistic terms of a disembodied spirit. — Arnold Joseph Toynbee

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images. — Georges Duhamel

There she was, bundled into sweats and a long wool coat five sizes too large for her, her curls hidden by a massive gray hat with earflaps-a look that could have been pulled off effectively only by someone in 1930s Siberia...or a supremely angular male model. — Hilary Duff

I might have to go on breakfast TV, which would mean getting up early. — Nik Kershaw

There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on. — Vittorio De Sica

I learned guitar solely for the purpose of meeting women. I'd heard it's a great lady-catcher. — Tony Revolori

While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started creeping into my stories, an astute mentor observed that the bits about alchemy might fit better in another time frame. When I finally decided to weave the pieces about the medieval science into historical settings, a successful novel began to emerge. (And I dusted off that art history book, and put it to use once again.) — Mary Pope Osborne

Be not afraid life with all its despair, pain and unhappiness is just a crucible wherein your brighter dreams are conceived, shaped and born — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it. — Salmon P. Chase

Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind
But how could I forget thee? — William Wordsworth

My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go. — Dean Koontz

When I got really sick and needed a stem cell transplant, I was fortunate to have a twin sister as the donor. — Kathy Giusti