Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
Quotes to Explore
-
Rossi was the first to describe another system working with valves in parallel; it has the advantage that it can easily be extended to coincidences between more than two events, and is therefore predominantly used today.
-
I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
-
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
-
The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.
-
I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.
-
And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events.
-
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
-
My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
-
My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
-
I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
-
I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.
-
I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
-
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
-
I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
-
There's work for everybody, and I believe every actor gets what he/she deserves. Honestly, I just want to work as long as I can and do great films and act with every good actor around.
-
If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.
-
The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.
-
When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.
-
If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!
-
I am completely and utterly hooked to all the great shows on A&E and Court TV that are about small town murder.
-
I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.
-
The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach.
-
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
