San Giovanni Quotes

#1. Now I'm reading an old article on San Giovanni a Carbonara, where it explains what the Carbonara or Carboneto was. I thought that there was coal there once, and coal miners. But no, it was the place for the

Elena Ferrante

#2. Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#3. New Orleanians knew how to turn deprivation into an asset; they had the best gallows humor going, they danced at funerals, they insisted on prevailing.

Tom Piazza

#4. Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and helping you kill the bourbon. Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets.

Peter S. Beagle

#5. At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that usually fade. Dig a little deeper, and the 'why' is usually unveiled: to be more confident, to be more happy, to feel sexy again.

Brett Hoebel

#6. Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.

Ted Malloch

#7. In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton's WWII career.

Edward Albert

#8. If one departs from the bliss of the Eternal, he will come across the happiness that is obtained from the temporary.

Dada Bhagwan

#9. The work of popular education, the temperance movement, the peace movement, are to a great extent carried on by the young. Their meetings show that the young understand one of their tasks: that of bringing together the different classes through social intercourse.

Ellen Key