Al Berto Quotes

#1. Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.

Nicolas Chamfort

#2. Other times when I hear the wind blow
I feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born.

Al Berto

#3. What's your usual gig?"

"Physical fitness coach. I find it rather humdrum. Your assignment will be a welcome break in the quotidian ennui.

Julian May

#4. This is America. We must defend the principles symbolized by Lady Liberty - unless she's on the pill, in which case, she is a giant green tramp.

Stephen Colbert

#5. Will-, Tessa began but it was too late, Church made a yowling noise at being woken, and lashed out with his claws. Will began to swear. Tessa left, unable to hide the slightest of smiles as she went.

Cassandra Clare

#6. The history of human consciousness is marked by the battle between the old awareness, the ways of fear, and the new awareness, the ways of love.

Al Berto

#7. Accountability in public office is but one manifestation of this cultural inheritance, and we should not be surprised that it is the first thing to disappear when the utopians and the planners take over.

Roger Scruton

#8. I believe the difficulty that lies in growth, is the struggle of letting go of all you know to learn about the unknown. When in all actuality the unknown that you're learning about is yourself.

Turcois Ominek

#9. I've always felt like a failure inside if I'm not already a success, if that makes any sense.

Felicia Day

#10. The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

Shana Alexander

#11. I'd like to have enough time and quiet
To think about absolutely nothing,
To not ever feel myself living,
To only know myself in others' eyes, reflected.

Al Berto

#12. I'm in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren't, either.
Nobody goes faster than the legs they have.
If where I want to go is far away, I'm not there in an instant.

Al Berto

#13. PTSD is a disorder of recovery, and if treatment only focuses on identifying symptoms, it pathologizes and alienates vets. But if the focus is on family and community, it puts them in a situation of collective healing. Israel

Sebastian Junger