Exitus Quotes

#1. Thomas seems to be implying a threefold, originally Neoplatonic, model that he would have known through the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, comprising (1) God in God-self; (2) the exitus, or procession of creatures from God; and finally (3) the reditus, or the return of creatures to God.

Bernard McGinn

#2. If he'd been able to he would have rolled out a rose-petal carpet at her feet. He would have liked to conduct an orchestra of birds to sing as rainbows appeared in the sky, one by one.

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

#3. Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

Kevin Spacey

#4. I swear, Bobby Ray, you don't have the sense the Lord gave a rabbit.

Shelly Laurenston

#5. Every human institution (Justice included) will stretch a little, if only you pull it in the right way.

Wilkie Collins

#6. Exitus Acta Probat---the outcome justifies the deed.

Billy McCoy

#7. The techniques and skills that really make a difference in human interaction are the ones that almost naturally flow from a truly independent character.

Anonymous

#8. If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

Bette Midler

#9. Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

Mark Kennedy

#10. Continental three-dollar bill, designed by Benjamin Franklin. An eagle fights a crane, with the motto "Exitus in dubio est," "The outcome is in doubt.

Kathleen DuVal

#11. The result justifies the deed
(Exitus acta probat)

Ovid

#12. Revolution?" Arno laughed. "What happened wasn't a revolution. It was a deal. The creation of a new bunch of entrepreneurs who could be more easily manipulated by international capital.

Harry Kalmer

#13. It's no use to decide what's going to happen unless you have the courage of your convictions. Many a brilliant idea has been lost because the man who dreamed it lacked the spunk of the spine to put it across.

Amadeo Giannini

#14. If he's talking, he's thinking,

Nyrae Dawn

#15. Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Calvin Coolidge

#16. I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.

Elizabeth Taylor

#17. I've never made plans for more than a day ahead.

Mary MacLane