Vigarello Historia Quotes & Sayings

Well, that obviously wasn't good enough. Not by a long shot. Saying period at the end of something doesn't make it incontrovertible. — Hugh Laurie

I brought children into this lousy, mixed-up world because when you love someone and they love you back, the world doesn't look that lousy or seem that mixed up. — Erma Bombeck

There were worse fates. He was doing what he was born to do. Fighting on the side of good against radicals who sought to destroy the world. This was the good fight. The best fight. — Isaac Hooke

Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused horrendous casualty, I wish to express, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, our deepest sympathy and solicitude to you and, through you, to the Government and people of the United States. I wish also to extend our condolences to the families of the victims. The Chinese Government has consistently condemned and rejected all forms of terrorist violence. — Jiang Zemin

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea. — Jean Hanff Korelitz

Certain ancient cavilers have gone so far as to deny that the female sex, as opposed to the male sex, is made in the likeness of God, which likeness they must have taken to be, as far as I can tell, in the beard. — Marie De Gournay

The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet. — Yehuda Amichai

The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems. — Cheryl Heller

Is it even always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often what we need? — Ludwig Wittgenstein

It seems to be hard wired into our pleasure centres to move to music. — George C. Marshall

Gus: "It tastes like ... "
Me: "Food."
Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do I put this delicately ... ?"
Me: "It does not taste like God Himself cooked heaven into a series of five dishes which were then served to you accompanied by several luminous balls of fermented, bubbly plasma while actual and literal flower petals floated down around your canal-side dinner table."
Gus: "Nicely phrased."
Gus's father: "Our children are weird."
My dad: "Nicely phrased. — John Green

Ideas ... [are] like babies - everything about their environment [says] they shouldn't exist. But they do. You can't dwell on problems too early, or they will swamp the virtues and you will decide not to do the project.
(Attributed to Mike Jones) — Steven Levy

It's odd how our fears, the ones we didn't know we had, alter our sight line and make us see things that never were. — Richard Ford

Walk through the storm fearless and strong. Follow your heart, it's all about to you. — Dennis Frederiksen

She gave for no gain., no goal she needed to reach. Love was no a prize but something she owned inside and shared freely. — Jennifer Probst