Luchino Quotes

#1. In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere.

Ellen J. Barrier

#2. The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.

Mohsin Hamid

#3. Don't underestimate Laura Antonelli. She's burning to do well. And then she has an extraordinary face, even without make-up. It's not with her that I'd discuss literature. I speak only of the film 'L'Innocente,' and what she does she does well.

Luchino Visconti

#4. Vietnam should have taught us that mindless anti-Communism is not a cause worth killing or dying for in a world in which Communism is hardly a monolithic force.

Pete Hamill

#5. I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater.

Luchino Visconti

#6. I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting is Luis Bunuel. He's a very great director.

Luchino Visconti

#7. Music is ... a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.

Oliver Sacks

#8. One thing work gives
is the joy of not working,
a minute here or there
when I stand and only breathe,
receiving the good of the air.
It comes back. Good work done
comes back into the mind,
a free breath drawn.

Wendell Berry

#9. The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

Luchino Visconti

#10. I could make a film in front of a wall if I knew how to find the data of man's true humanity and how to express it.

Luchino Visconti

#11. It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer.

Luchino Visconti

#12. You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

Ennio Morricone

#13. I love, love, love John Mayer. He's incredible. I love all of his records and even his John Mayer Trio stuff.

Shane Harper

#14. A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.

Richard Russo

#15. We had no idea that this show [Daredevil] would be as popular as it was, but with the benefit of hindsight, one thing I can say is that I think that was a really, really smart move.

Charlie Cox