Renato Quotes

#1. For the people of my country," Renato said, "water is everything: love, life, religion ... even God."
"It is like that for me too," I said. "In English we call that a metaphor."
"Of course," said Renato, "and water is the most abundant metaphor on earth.

Pam Houston

#2. Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.

Richard Ford

#3. I started stem cells when I wanted to find a cure for my mother, who I loved very much, and western medicine was not able to cure her. If I had discovered stem cells a year before, I think that she would still be here with me.

Peter Nygard

#4. Hugo and I sat together in the chapel and didn't say a word to each other. We'd already said them all, in better times and in better places.

Craig Lancaster

#5. Everyone wanted security, but first they wanted to feel more threatened.

Goncalo M. Tavares

#6. George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved.

Tom Waits

#7. A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

Alfred Nobel

#8. Those with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem. The difference is this; instead of dwelling on their handicaps, they compensate for them by dwelling on their strengths.

Alan Loy McGinnis

#9. Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

Sam Waterston

#10. If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.

Renato Canova

#11. Like climbing a cliff, thinking is a perilous activity for those unused to it.

Orson Scott Card

#12. The true Filipino is a decolonized Filipino.

Renato Constantino

#13. I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

Mario Batali

#14. Now, let's hear some properly terrified screaming, puny humans!

Howard Tayler

#15. An admonishment of sorts, the gentle warning of one who arrived on an earlier ship: You there! Listen! Independence and resilience. This is what the new immigrant needs. Don't get fooled by all this activity. Don't invoke the superorganism. No, no. One functions alone in America. Begin now.

Abraham Verghese

#16. Nothing is too late. It is only too late when you've completely given up.

Abdulazeez Henry Musa

#17. One thing is sure: if you want running fast in competition, you must run fast in training. The problem is WHEN and HOW, not IF.

Renato Canova

#18. A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.

Joyce Brothers

#19. I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being the fourth of six children.

Beth Gutcheon