Ybor City Quotes & Sayings

Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of living animals will be extinct. — Gaylord Nelson

Never give up on hope. Most of the greatest achievements of humanity were accomplished by tired, discouraged people who never gave up on hope. Anything is possible ... if you truly believe. — Timothy Pina

I had watched them trade best friends, start wars, cry, trade back, make treaties, squeal and grab each other's arms in this fake-excited way, et cetera ... — Rebecca Stead

Tampa's Latin quarter, Ybor City. Ybor had been the Cuban-Italian core when Tampa was Cigar City USA. — Tim Dorsey

The element of heroic maleness had always been present in the concept of the artist as one who rides the winged horse above the clouds beyond the sight of lesser men, a concept seldom applied to those who worked with colours until the nineteenth century. When the inevitable question is asked, "Why are there no great women artists?" it is this dimension of art that is implied. The askers know little of art, but they know the seven wonders of the painting world. — Germaine Greer

What is lawful is not always identical to what is right. — Ian McEwan

No life form on this planet undergoes such a slow and graceful death as the tobacco leaf. — Mark McGinty

Life presents itself first and foremost as a task. We take no pleasure in it except when we are striving after something. — Tim Parks

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago. — Jon Bon Jovi

Keep your eye fixed on the way to the top, but don't forget to look right in front of you. The last step depends on the first. Don't think you're there just because you see the summit. Watch your footing, be sure of the next step, but don't let that distract you from the highest goal. The first step depends on the last. — Rene Daumal

Tolerance is only another name for indifference. — W. Somerset Maugham

Avoid the man without compassion, because he ain't a man surely! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it ... Children trust the power of words. — Julia Cameron

[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men ... succeeds nevertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of [number theory], then without doubt she must have the noblest courage, quite extraordinary talents and superior genius. — Carl Friedrich Gauss

We need Christians who don't try to match God's words to their experience, but rather, whose experience is corrected, elevated, and altered by the Word's penetrating perfection. — Eric Ludy

I feared that if I let him, it would be the final push over a ledge I had been precariously hovering on since the day I had first laid eyes on him. — Nicole R. Locker

This book Is intended to be read in bed. Please do not attempt to read it anywhere else. — Christopher Morley