Fantastici Quattro Quotes

#1. Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

Robert Kennedy

#2. At my age, what's the use of thinking about my talents? Effort is what's necessary. (Kang 1989: 117)

Kang Sok-Kyong

#3. You've changed me, she thought. Not just showing me that boys aren't all pond scum. You've made me different, made me look at the broader picture. Given me vision.

L.J.Smith

#4. The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below

John McCrae

#5. The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds
Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day;
But on the ground, among the hooting crowds,
He cannot walk, his wings are in the way.

Charles Baudelaire

#6. My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's.

Shah Rukh Khan

#7. It is a Lancashire custom to be on the defensive. We anticipate jokes about rain, "bi gum," and Wigan; we expect people to peer at us through the thin layer of smoke they fancy they see around our heads.

Sylvia Lovat Corbridge

#8. She doubted he'd take too kindly to her fighting with them, no matter how much he liked having her in his bed.

Stacia Kane

#9. Functionalism is lethal when it is not balanced by a sense of reverence. Without reverence, there is no sense of presence or wonder.

John O'Donohue

#10. We have to get women's stories out there so a guy will read it, laugh, and think, 'I'm not laughing at a chick story but a story.'

Jen Kirkman

#11. A delicate balance is required: keep the penitent tautly close to the point of recognizing sin, and then allow the relief of that pressure to flow through forgiveness. Confession increases this tautness, only to clear the path for release.

Thomas C. Oden

#12. Happiness does not result from pleasure, but rather, from reaching one's goals.

H.W. Charles

#13. There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

Samantha Mathis

#14. Building bridges with clenched fists is impossible.

Matshona Dhliwayo