Verminia Quotes & Sayings

As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette? — Federico Fellini

When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict, of unsettled hearts, a sign that something has gone wrong in our moral reasoning. — Matthew Scully

No matter how many people care about you, she thought, if you can't be open with them about who you truly are, you're still alone. — Diane Chamberlain

She was just too curious to stay in a self-imposed mental straight-jacket for very long. — David Brooks

I simply refuse to deal with idiots ... It has cut my social obligations in half. — Julia Quinn

A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project. — Abigail Van Buren

First of all I think that poetry is very noble and I always have with me the sense of the nobility of poetry. — Edward Hirsch

The problem in this world is to avoid concentration of power - we must have a dispersion of power. — Milton Friedman

Promise me this: ... you will stand for yourself, especially in the times when no one seems interested in standing for you. — Melissa Jensen

Want it, and that's why I'm going to Khaled and Idriss - because I don't feel sorry for any of it, and I don't regret a thing. I'm cold inside, Lin. I like people, and I like things, but I don't love any of them - not even myself - and I don't really care about them. And, you know, the strange thing is, I don't really wish that I did care. — Gregory David Roberts

The idea that traumatic residues - or unresolved stories - can be inherited is groundbreaking. — Sharon Salzberg

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be. — John Donne

Some men want to believe their kingship will make them stronger, more invulnerable to life's sorrows so that hurts do not hurt, pain is laughable. They are surprised to discover the paradox of strength - only the truly vulnerable possess the ability to love powerfully. — Edmond Manning

I think poets tell better history than historians. Historians lie all the time but the poets can get to truth of it. — John Cusack