Antonio Porchia Quotes

Quien me tiene de un hilo no es fuerte; lo fuerte es el hilo.

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• I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • School
  • Day
  • Sick

• There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.

  

  Sam Reed
  • People
  • Think
  • Party

• 'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Giving

• I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.

  

  Eden Sher
  • Up
  • Love
  • Experience

• I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

  

  Malik Bendjelloul
  • Time
  • Why
  • Fun

• When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Work
  • Book
  • Lost

• Politics is a people business. I like people.

  

  Laura Bush
  • People
  • Business
  • Politics

• We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Man
  • Himself
  • Tone

• Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities.

  

  Igor Luksic
  • Children
  • Family
  • Parents

• I have used Proactiv, and I use X Out, and they are the only things that work for me.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Work
  • Me
  • Things

• I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Believe
  • Men
  • History

• Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • People
  • Live
  • Simple

• Finally there was a moment when it just hit me. John wouldn't want me to sit on my butt for the rest of my life feeling sorry for myself or sorry for him. As cheesy as it sounds, he would have wanted us to go on.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Myself

• Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Universe

• I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Ignorance
  • Natural
  • Gone

• Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is the only way anyone will ever believe you in years to come.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Blessed

• In Ted's world, we want the death penalty to be imposed at the scene of the crime.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • World
  • Death

• A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.

  

  Anthony de Mello
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Practice

• To lead a better life, I need my love to be here. Here, making each day of the year, Changing my life with a wave of her hand. Nobody can deny that there's something there.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Life
  • Hand

• The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.

  

  Sun Ra
  • Light
  • Shadow
  • Tomorrow

• There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
  • Confidence
  • Courage

• We will continue to invest in high-growth areas... with a particular focus on digital, cloud, and security services.

  

  Pierre Nanterme
  • High
  • Focus
  • Growth

• Quien me tiene de un hilo no es fuerte; lo fuerte es el hilo.

  

  Antonio Porchia