De Leon Quotes

#1. Ponce de Leon, who said when he discovered the Fountain of Youth, Where the hell are the paper cups? Never got a dinner!

Red Buttons

#2. None of us can foresee the consequences of such a step." Ponce de Leon ran his fingers through his hair, smoothing it back into place. "Though after centuries of watching mankind, I sometimes suspect intelligence is overrated.

Jim C. Hines

#3. A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn't age.

Brian Greene

#4. Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.

Joseph Hall

#5. Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.

Daniel De Leon

#6. I was never a wet-eyed, passionate writer; I was always a policeman.

Joseph Wambaugh

#7. The capitalist class is interested in keeping the workingmen divided among themselves. Hence it foments race and religious animosities that come down from the past.

Daniel De Leon

#8. I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

Lady Gaga

#9. Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.

Daniel De Leon

#10. Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.

Daniel De Leon

#11. Ivy had loved him, too - deeper, on a gut level, with the strength of the past, not like my new love, based on the idea of a future.

Kim Harrison

#12. I don't kiss girls that I don't find hot as heck or beautiful.

J. Lynn

#13. It's not the power of the curse, it is the power you give the curse.

Marilyn Kaye

#14. Knowing your responsibilities doesn't make you mature but acting up on it does.

Caroline De Leon

#15. Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.

Daniel De Leon

#16. To remain absolutely free is what a true and authentic life is. So never gather any character - remain characterless.

Rajneesh

#17. Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.

Daniel De Leon

#18. He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.

Daniel De Leon

#19. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

Sia Furler

#20. Even at a young age one sometimes recognizes that there are behavior patterns that would simply be a waste of time for everyone concerned, which leads you to put them out of your mind or avoid them until you reach a certain stage of inebriation, whereupon everything is reconsidered again.

Whit Stillman

#21. To follow Christ requires a downward career track that does not depend on dollars or status. Instead, what matters is Christ.

Dillon Burroughs

#22. First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Leonard Cohen

#23. The Catholic Church ... upheld feudalism, then monarchism, warning of growing evils and possible revolutions. In the same manner, and under the same reservations, she now upholds capitalism; but, above all things and forever, she upholds the Catholic Church.

Daniel De Leon

#24. Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel.

Ted Dekker

#25. I did a film that I shot in 24 hours that was self-financed for $5,000. It was a feature called Looking For Jimmy that I shot with a bunch of friends. I spent eight months editing because we had 24 hours of footage that made no sense and I learned a lot about directing while editing that film.

Julie Delpy

#26. Let the roar in your heart be the fuel to making dreams a reality".

Pablo De Leon

#27. Just charge me with the usual.

Bob Probert