Persephones Block Quotes

#1. And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

Alan King

#2. The flower that you hold in your hands was born today and already it is as old as you are.

Antonio Porchia

#3. You are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. An artist is a poet in his or her own medium. And when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery, an unsaid quality; it is alive.

Toshiko Takaezu

#4. A very receptive state of mind ... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

Minor White

#5. I actually started out on the stage as a singer.

James Nesbitt

#6. Never ever let a stupid criticise you. And as we already know, everyone is stupid.

Sarvesh Jain

#7. Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash against both honest brokers and Palestinians would be immense - 'land for peace' must also bring peace.

Margaret Thatcher

#8. We took the elevator back down from the first observation level of the Eiffel Tower and started walking in he direction of the Taj Mahal

D.J. MacHale

#9. Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!

Anthony Horowitz

#10. In Heaven, to look into God's eyes will be to see what we've always longed to see: the person who made us for His own good pleasure. Seeing God will be like seeing everything else for the first time.

Randy Alcorn

#11. Kill me if you will, I am not afraid to die; and I have endured so much oppression that I am weary of life. But I am a strong man, and I could cast both of you down, if I would. If you have any legal process to serve, present it, for I am at all times subject to law and shall not offer resistance.

Sam Smith

#12. Research has shown that time pressure leads to tunnel vision and that people think more creatively when they are calm, unhurried and free from stress and distractions. We all know this from experience.

Carl Honore

#13. Peace. That's what I want all around the world, everywhere I go I always do the peace sign with my fingers.

Michael Jackson

#14. [On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of dollars and cents.

Harriet Hosmer

#15. Must've been hard on your mom," Frank said. "I guess we'll do anything for someone we love."
Hazel squeezed his hand appreciatively. Nico stared at the cobblestones. "Yeah," he said bitterly. "I guess we will.

Rick Riordan