Italian Proverb: The light is painful …
The light is painful to sore eyes. Italian Proverb Proverb Link: The light is painful …See More: Italian Proverbs (1854 Proverbs) Italian Proverb: The light …
Category: Quotes of the day
I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.
Author: Joe TheismannTheme: SocietyWords: told, believed, tough, slow, skinny
I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up – blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.
Author: John TeshTheme: Time, AgeWords: stuff, son, wild, killer, covering
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
Author: Fareed ZakariaTheme: GovernmentWords: clear, absolutely, role, growth, key
It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
Author: Twyla TharpWords: audience, extremely, foolish, arrogant, outwit
As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place.
Author: Christopher NolanWords: pretty, lose, soon, system, became, answer
A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It’s not about inventing.
Author: Paul TherouxTheme: Time, Travel, ReadingWords: book, spend, goes, grind, somewhere, sees, writes
The world is starving for a new spiritual truth – a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life.
Author: Neale Donald WalschTheme: LifeWords: world, truth, spiritual
I don’t know that I’d agree I was our best player.
Author: Steve YzermanWords: don’t, agree, player
Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.
Author: Lee H. HamiltonTheme: PoliticsWords: nuclear, terrorism
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.
Author: Margaret ThatcherWords: saw, couldn’t, walking, swim
Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
Author: Edith HamiltonTheme: Art, WarWords: world, within, expression, conflict
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. -Dickens, Charles
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. -Dickens, Charles
Latin Proverb: The highest seat will …
The highest seat will not hold more than one. Latin Proverb Proverb Link: The highest seat will …See More: Latin Proverbs (2052 Proverbs) Latin Proverb: …
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
Author: Alexander HamiltonTheme: Power, Nature, LifeWords: human, man’s, general
The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
Author: Max NordauTheme: Art, Imagination, IntelligenceWords: mind, idea, feeling, artist, burden, writes
All evils are equal when they are extreme. -Corneille, Pierre
All evils are equal when they are extreme. -Corneille, Pierre
Latin Proverb: The beginning is half …
The beginning is half of the whole. Latin Proverb Proverb Link: The beginning is half …See More: Latin Proverbs (2052 Proverbs) Latin Proverb: The beginning …
I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.
Author: Margaret ThatcherTheme: Love, WorkWords: anyone, job, sit, expect, agree
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. -Frost, Robert
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. -Frost, Robert
Russian Proverb: Small gifts go to places where …
Small gifts go to places where men expect bigger ones. Russian Proverb Proverb Link: Small gifts go to places where …See More: Russian Proverbs (499 …
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Author: Lin YutangTheme: Art, Life, WisdomWords: getting, leaving, noble
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. -Smith, Frank
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. -Smith, Frank
Art is more engaging that propaganda.
Author: Larry NormanTheme: Art, PoliticsWords: propaganda, engaging
I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice.
Author: Laurell K. HamiltonTheme: Love, NatureWords: help, seemed, voice, natural
I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it’s a lot of fun.
Author: Steve ZahnTheme: Love, MoviesWords: film, fun, acting, challenging
Michael Jordon
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go …
Life is God’s art.
Author: Larry NormanTheme: Art, Life, Religion
I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
Author: Mia HammTheme: Love, SportsWords: field, watching, track, swimming, gymnastics
See how these Christians love one another.
Author: TertullianTheme: Love
He who considers too much will perform little. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
He who considers too much will perform little. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
Don’t fall in love with politicians, they’re all a disappointment. They can’t help it, they just are.
Author: Peggy NoonanTheme: Love, PoliticsWords: help, fall, disappointment
I’ve also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.
Author: Kenneth NolandTheme: ArtWords: help, artist, share, willing
French Proverb: Nothing looks more like an …
Nothing looks more like an honest man than a villain. French Proverb Proverb Link: Nothing looks more like an …See More: French Proverbs (2090 Proverbs) …
People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.
Author: James YoungTheme: Music, SocietyWords: inspired
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
Author: Owen D. YoungTheme: Men, Business, LifeWords: world, opportunity, ideal, owe, earn
The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.
Author: Margaret HalseyWords: face, merely, asking, dinner, smash, refrain
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
Author: Alfred Lord TennysonTheme: ExperienceWords: world, whose, move, margin
Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
Author: G. Stanley HallTheme: LoveWords: individual, sex, theory
I’d always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming – and lucrative – that I didn’t pursue it.
Author: Jerry HallTheme: TimeWords: acting, enjoyed, pursue, modeling, lucrative, time-consuming