Collodi Pinocchio Quotes

#1. Why does it [government] always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?

Henry David Thoreau

#2. My disorder thrives in isolation -
my recovery grows in authentic communication.

Christina Sophia Pearson

#3. For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

Jessica Savitch

#4. What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Antonin Scalia

#5. Have you ever done this before?"
"Done what?"
"Attacked two armed men with sticks?"
"No, but I'm looking forward to it," he smiled.

John Lenahan

#6. Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.

Rick Warren

#7. A man's life is all he has. When you're old, it's all you'll ever have.

Miguel Syjuco

#8. Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.

Carlo Collodi

#9. Where are the gold pieces now?' the Fairy asked.
'I lost them,' answered Pinocchio, but he told a lie, for he had them in his pocket.
As he spoke, his nose, long though it was, became at least two inches longer.

Carlo Collodi

#10. A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.

Carlo Collodi

#11. Lies, my dear boy, can easily be recognized. There are two kind of them: those with short legs, and those with long noses. Your kind have long noses.

Carlo Collodi

#12. For me, the sea has always been a confidant, a friend absorbing all it is told and never revealing those secrets; always giving the best advice - its meaningful noises can be interpreted any way you choose.

Ernesto Che Guevara

#13. Hunger is the best cook.

Carlo Collodi

#14. When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.

Emraan Hashmi

#15. People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

Carlos Ghosn

#16. At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.

Carlo Collodi

#17. Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy.

Carlo Collodi