Quotes About Palermo

#1. Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca d'Oro, the exquisite valley that lies between two seas. The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect.

Oscar Wilde

#2. The Italians are fond of red clothes, peacock plumes, and embroidery; and I remember one rainy morning in the city of Palermo, the street was ablaze with scarlet umbrellas.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. Her gaze dims as her nostalgia for Palermo overcomes her. Those smells of seaweed dried by the sun, of capers, of ripe figs, she will never find them anywhere else; those burnt and scented shores, those waves slowly breaking, jasmine petals flaking in the sun.

Dacia Maraini

#4. In this city [Palermo] ... it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children ... We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys.

Gianni Riotta

#5. In the 1950s, when I was hanging around Sullivan's Gym and the Gramercy Gym, there were fixed fights. Mob guys like Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo had taken over the sport; one lightweight champion loaned his title to others at least twice; the welterweight division was a slag heap.

Pete Hamill

#6. I get my inspiration from young stylish girls I see all over my travels.

Olivia Palermo

#7. I filled in for Papa Roach because we weren't doing much. Unwritten Law had a few more shows booked, but I got the call to fill in again at the end of the year. I was like, "I have to make myself available to these guys."

Tony Palermo

#8. You always go in with the intention of playing your best and knowing the material you're auditioning.

Tony Palermo

#9. The band that I was I auditioning for, they were just all like, dreads and stuff, so I did look kind of out of place. But I had learned the material and it sounded cool as f**k when we were rehearsing.

Tony Palermo

#10. I always have an idea in the back of my head, but that goes with anything else that I'm doing. There is a sort of vision behind it.

Olivia Palermo

#11. When a label is throwing money at you, you have to recoup it.

Tony Palermo

#12. But you see, there is
a graveyard in my mouth
filled with words that
have died on my lips.

Emily Palermo

#13. Papa Roach are not just going to take tours just to take tours.

Tony Palermo

#14. The time eras that I really like are more on '50s and '60s.

Olivia Palermo

#15. Sometimes belts are flattering, and it helps with proportions.

Olivia Palermo

#16. I mean that's something we're very conscious of when writing. Tempos are very important. Like "Oh we can't play the song too fast because people aren't going to feel it." There's a pulse to a song. You can't play it too slow. We're always trying to find the perfect tempo.

Tony Palermo

#17. Charles L. Allen once said, "When you say a person or situation is hopeless, you are slamming a door in the face of God." Ouch. It is easy to focus on the doors being slammed (rejection, illness, fatigue, failures) and not see things from God's perspective. He never leaves us.

Celeste Palermo

#18. I was still doing the punk thing, but also playing in some indie bands, I had a less crazy hairstyle.

Tony Palermo

#19. Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place.

Olivia Palermo

#20. I have known people throughout my years of playing where maybe they had a gig, but then lost the gig because they didn't really move forward with them.

Tony Palermo

#21. I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father.

Olivia Palermo

#22. I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck with me since University.

Olivia Palermo

#23. My mom instilled in me at a young age how important it is to be properly dressed when you leave the house, no matter the time of day. Even if it's 4:30 A.M. and you're heading to the airport, you want to look and feel your best.

Olivia Palermo

#24. Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an adult, my style evolved, and my love of fashion evolved even more.

Olivia Palermo

#25. It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!"

Olivia Palermo

#26. And Death, in his shame,
built a kingdom from dust
as penance, as proof,
that his fingers were made
for more than destruction.

Emily Palermo

#27. I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot.

Olivia Palermo

#28. It's always great to have two inspirations, one that has more of an editorial purpose and one for more of an everyday, wearable approach.

Olivia Palermo

#29. I definitely take inspiration from runway trends but also throughout my travels, I see editorials all over in all of the different publications.

Olivia Palermo

#30. We're striving to stay in the arenas. We [Papa Roach] had just little things that just took our show a step up and were so stoked for that.

Tony Palermo

#31. I'm the drummer that kind of plays more on top of the beat.

Tony Palermo

#32. I love the mid-length skirt. That's really appropriate, you can wear that in many different day occasions.

Olivia Palermo

#33. I'm a much nicer person, much more laid-back and relaxed, not serious like they show me.

Olivia Palermo

#34. I always have a vision when I go in, I always know what I want to do.

Olivia Palermo

#35. I always like to play with a lot of color. Color is great.

Olivia Palermo

#36. Of course I love leather, and I love stingray. So combining the two and adding those gold elements - I always love a great gold accessory.

Olivia Palermo

#37. I want to be a mystery to you,
untouchable,
a star all to myself
a galaxy away from your starved fingers.

Emily Palermo

#38. A lot of the time, if I have samples, I can't tailor a sample. Or, I might have just bought something and I don't have time to go to the tailor, there are ways to take thin, skinny belts and layer them, and do quick little fixes.

Olivia Palermo

#39. But being energetic in my playing is something I've always thought was the right thing to do. Like I'm never forcing it, like "My God, I've gotta play so hard tonight!"

Tony Palermo

#40. I love to mix colors. For me, I don't have a rule, like "you can't wear silver and gold." You can mix it.

Olivia Palermo

#41. It is not from their intrinsic nature that goods gain the character of economic goods, but through their relation to men and through their ability to lead, directly or indirectly, to the satisfaction of human needs.

Sandye Gloria-Palermo

#42. I don't look at paparazzi photos. And most of my friends don't want to be photographed, so they walk four feet to the side. If you see a photo of me laughing, that's why - because my friends don't want to walk with me.

Olivia Palermo

#43. I spend the first half of my day dealing with Europe because of the time difference. Then in the evening my website gets my undivided attention.

Olivia Palermo

#44. I think being organized should be in your lifestyle. I run a few different businesses, so I have to be organized. And I think everyone around me will also feel organized. To have chaos going on, it just doesn't work.

Olivia Palermo

#45. I really get inspired by stylish girls around the world that I see on the street. Colors, patterns, throughout my travels, whatever catches my eye.

Olivia Palermo

#46. I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.

Olivia Palermo