Vitaliana Partida Quotes & Sayings

Dignity and pride are not only two different feelings, but, in some ways, opposites.
You can step on your pride to preserve your dignity. You can destroy your dignity because of your pride. — Luigina Sgarro

Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time. — Walter Darby Bannard

In order to see, I have to be willing to be seen. — John Stewart

The years that were ahead. As he said, this made action impossible. Because Ian didn't know that twentysomethings who make choices are happier than those who tread water, he kept himself confused. This was easy to do. Ian hung out with an indecisive crowd. At the bike shop where he worked, his friends assured him he didn't need to make decisions — Meg Jay

This idea of art for art's sake is a hoax. — Pablo Picasso

There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions. — Samuel Florman

It is no good casting out devils. They belong to us, we must accept them and be at peace with them. — D.H. Lawrence

Communication goes two ways. Somebody has to talk. And somebody has to listen. — Meg Cabot

I am a great believer that what makes our show different is the humor. — Treat Williams

Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others ... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established. — Mahatma Gandhi

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think. — Mary Roach

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd. — Edward De Bono