Comunque Vadano Quotes

#1. Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Lauren Graham

#2. I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their funeral speeches; perfecting their rituals of death rather than a relatively simple ritual of life such as screaming in the streets.

David Wojnarowicz

#3. Sometimes, you lose (a game) and sometimes the other team wins.

Otto Rehhagel

#4. All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.

Orson Scott Card

#5. Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.

Lou Holtz

#6. On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.

Philippe Petit

#7. The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses.

George Oppen

#8. For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

Utada Hikaru

#9. God invites while the devil pressures and shoves and bullies. Realize who holds the actual power before you react. You are greater than Satan; God is greater than all.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#10. I played guitar when I was a kid a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician.

Matt Ross

#11. Mysticism requires the notion of the unknowable, which is revealed to some and withheld from others; this divides men into those who feel guilt and those who cash in on it.

Ayn Rand

#12. villages were regularly patrolled by the Taliban.

Eric Blehm

#13. A kid of your age - any kid - could get hold of matches if she wanted to, burn up the house or whatever. But not many do. Why would they want to?

Stephen King

#14. This over-consumption is also manifest in our use of raw materials. It can even be found in our dietary habits ... People are well aware of this. The root of the problem lies in a selfish world view which inflates personal consumption beyond the essential.

Yehuda Levi