Tantalo Quotes

#1. Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.
[Lat., Accedit etiam mors, quae quasi saxum Tantalo semper impendit: tum superstitio, qua qui est imbutus quietus esse numquam potest.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.

Tony Evans

#3. You are precious" I insisted. "Stubborn and secretive and independent to a fault, but precious.

Alyxandra Harvey

#4. One of the many factors that separate children from adults is the apparent lack in children of teleological intent; that, beyond the immediate ambition of scoring a goal or finishing a drawing, they're not trying to get anywhere or achieve anything.

Robert Rowland Smith

#5. You might be a redneck if your beer can collection is considered a tourist attraction in your home town.

Jeff Foxworthy

#6. It is for the artist ... in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

James Whistler

#7. If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

Salman Rushdie

#8. It changed the man I thought I was and made me realize that loving someone with your entire heart didn't ensure they would always be with you. There was no way to predict your fate.

C.A. Harms

#9. Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.

Jim Gaffigan