Calvi's Quotes

#1. Calvi was sobbing. This couldn't be! A moment ago the Pope was healthy, smiling. How could His Holiness be no longer? Only a month into his papacy!

Peter J. Tanous

#2. Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.

Ben Bernanke

#3. I actually like, love, and respect myself, and I try not to take anything too seriously.

Jen Kirkman

#4. Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.

Frances Moore Lappe

#5. This is the worst administration since Caligula.

John Dingell

#6. I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.

Charlotte Bronte

#7. Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.

Roberto Calvi

#8. Whatever was in that document had caused the death of the leader of the Catholic Church. Who'd be next? Calvi shuddered. His life's work was safe-guarding this document. Whatever its purpose or mystery, it was his solemn and sole mission to protect it. Even if it meant giving up his life for it.

Peter J. Tanous

#9. Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.

Walter De La Mare

#10. Besides the elevator's grinding cables, the only sound was the thunderous pounding of Calvi's heart. He was sure everyone could hear it. But no one was saying a word.

Peter J. Tanous

#11. There is no way to learn to pray but by praying.

Samuel Chadwick

#12. The constant tug-of-war between 'YES, I WANT TO GO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW' and 'Wow, I need a lot of time to process these experiences, can I take a breather?

Heidi Priebe

#13. The pope was lying fully stretched out on the floor, his body half-obscured by Cardinal Villot, who was leaning over him. Calvi's heart jumped into his throat. The pontiff 's eyes were shut, his face distorted in pain. He wasn't breathing. He was life-less, drained of color.

Peter J. Tanous

#14. Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing?

Roberto Calvi

#15. now?" Theon seldom prayed at all, but that was not something you confessed

George R R Martin

#16. Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

Tom Holt

#17. You're not safe with me."
He cut me off, seeming to growl. "I don't want to be safe. I want to be with you. You can't do this alone.

S.G. Holster

#18. I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

Aleister Crowley

#19. It's hard to hold a conversation with people when you're not seeing them.

Dale Ludwig

#20. Faithfully, Calvi was following the rules to the letter. He knew one thing: Whatever was in that document had caused the death of the leader of the Catholic Church. Who'd be next?

Peter J. Tanous

#21. Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?

Roberto Calvi

#22. I didn't know until I licked the mocha buttercream from my third devil's food cupcake that this was the flavor of starting over- dark chocolate with that take-charge undercurrent of coffee.
I could actually taste it, feel it. And now I craved it.

Judith Fertig