Barthold Von Quotes

#1. I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

Edmond About

#2. It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.

Aung San Suu Kyi

#3. I like the challenge. I like a good, meaty experience for me.

Jeff Goldblum

#4. If we're going to make mistakes anyway, we might as well learn from them
"teachable moments".

Orrin Woodward

#5. You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

Tom Stoppard

#6. I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things ... people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst ... for many reasons, I shouldn't be here.

Angelina Jolie

#7. Enjoy the sacred existence.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.

Edgar Winter

#9. Let the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may be easily dropped when death comes to carry you into another world.

Thomas Boston

#10. Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't.

Michael Ignatieff

#11. It must be remembered: fields end freedom. Whatever the astonishing subsequent achievements of civilization, it had a little recognized price: humanity itself became one of its own domesticated species. We enslaved ourselves to conquer.

Mark Elvin

#12. The activity has pumped out his chest and hardened his abs, and I can't believe I'm even noticing or appreciating it. His smile is naughty, the muscles in his shoulders thick and ripped, undulating with his movement when he adjusts his position for me to get an eyeful.

Poppet