Arias Quotes

On Dec. 1, 1948, after the triumph of the revolution, which insured the final victory of the will of the people expressed through elections, President Jose Figueres abolished the army in my country. ~ Oscar Arias

Seize today with the hope of tomorrow and yesterday's wisdom. ~ A.J. Arias

Jodi Arias had a deadly obsession with Travis Alexander. ~ Jane Velez-Mitchell

The children of the world, what they want and what they need are health clinics and schools, not tanks or armed helicopters or fighter jets. ~ Oscar Arias

In 1995, world military spending totaled nearly $800 billion. If we redirected just $40 billion of those resources over the next 10 years to fighting poverty, all of the world's population would enjoy basic social services, such as education, health care, nutrition, reproductive health, clean water and sanitation. ~ Oscar Arias

Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough. ~ Oscar Arias

I've lived under a desk my whole life and my mother lost her teeth. ~ Arturo Arias

We seek in Central America not peace alone, not peace to be followed someday by political progress, but peace and democracy, together, indivisible, an end to the shedding of human blood, which is inseparable from an end to the suppression of human rights. ~ Oscar Arias

We had the courage to face the superpowers that wanted a military triumph for each side they supported in Central America. We told them, 'No,' and presented a peace plan. ~ Oscar Arias

...the whores were the strongest social group in the whole country. ~ Arturo Arias

Trust no one," said Sullivan, "especially Teachers. ~ A.J. Arias

The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st century, we must resurrect solidarity and compassion. ~ Oscar Arias

He's a sculpture. Painstakingly chiseled into perfection over the course of years, until arias could be written about his eyebrows, his cheekbones, the freaking shape of his nostrils. And me? Well, I'm probably a finger-painting. Done by a three-year-old. Without supervision. ~ Julie Johnson

Am I the only one who thinks Nancy Grace's relentless cheer leading for Jodi Arias' death gross & excessive? The anchor as executioner?! ~ Geraldo Rivera

Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom. Once hope has taken hold, courage must unite with wisdom. That is the only way of avoiding violence, the only way of maintaining the calm one needs to respond peacefully to offenses. ~ Oscar Arias

It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different. ~ Oscar Arias

Woman"

this head like a saucer
decorated with everything
as lip to lip we hang
in mechanical joy;
my hands blaze with arias
but i think of books
on anatomy,
and i fall from you
as nations burn in anger…

to recover from most pitiful error
and rebuild, this is it
loss and mending
until they take us in.

the glory of a saturday afternoon
like biting into an old peach
and you walk across the room
heavy with everything
except my love. ~ Charles Bukowski

At this age, all we need to do is to "WAIT" in our love life.
Set your priorities, Endeavor your goals! ~ Marielle Arias Cleofe

Although fostering a peaceful, prosperous and equitable hemisphere is clearly in the best interest of the United States, Washington has not always supported Central America's struggle for economic survival. ~ Oscar Arias

She died
this was the way she died;
And when her breath was done,
Took up her simple wardrobe
And started for the sun.
Her little figure at the gate
The angels must have spied,
Since I could never find her
Upon the mortal side. ~ Emily Dickinson

I'm just open to new experiences. I've never really settled down into one art. I like to be nomadic with my art. ~ Moises Arias

For what might happen if we lift
the codicils on belching?
If sex were permitted in the shopping malls? If people
were allowed to sing arias
from Don Giovanni, loudly and out of tune, waiting in line
at Department of Motor Vehicles? ~ Lucia Perillo

It is in the U.S. interest to have a more prosperous neighbor to the south. Because if we cannot export goods, we will keep exporting people. And that's not what the U.S. wants. ~ Oscar Arias

In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

There is a difference between the typical politician and the statesman. A typical politician is that person who tells people what people want to hear, while the statesman tells people what people need to know. ~ Oscar Arias

My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.' ~ Danielle De Niese

I saw no reason why other nations should tell Central Americans how to solve their problems. ~ Oscar Arias

In the United States, resources exist to retrain displaced workers and promote the development of technologies that create new job opportunities for American workers. ~ Oscar Arias

Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves ... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America. ~ Oscar Arias

…if these mortals only knew, if they had the merest understanding of the grave, and of the eternity they will spend lying in it, they would eat chocolate for breakfast, caviar for lunch, and sing arias as they slopped the pigs. ~ Jennifer Donnelly

Poor little corpses! It was too bad they were dead. He couldn't play with them. Even though they really stank. He couldn't stand the smell. They deserved to die for smelling so bad. ~ Arturo Arias

How ironic for peacemaking efforts to discover that hatred is stronger for many than love; that the longing to achieve power through military victories makes so many men lose their reason, forget all shame, and betray history. ~ Oscar Arias

I would absolutely be down to do something in Spanish. ~ Moises Arias

During the 41 years that have elapsed since Costa Rica abolished its army, our fundamental freedoms have never been threatened, nor do we know a shameful history of repression. ~ Oscar Arias

I do believe that Jodi Arias shows a lot of signs of mental illness. ~ Jane Velez-Mitchell

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty. ~ Oscar Arias

The Central American isthmus is a region of great contrasts, but also of heartening unison. Millions of men and women share dreams of freedom and progress. ~ Oscar Arias

I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel. ~ Oscar Arias

Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace. ~ Oscar Arias

The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable. ~ Oscar Arias

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions. ~ Oscar Arias

Peace is a never ending process ... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together. ~ Oscar Arias Sanchez

To demilitarize the country means to make a profound decision. It is not enough to change the name of the armed forces. It is necessary to change the minds of those people who only yesterday wore a military uniform. ~ Oscar Arias

Laughter is the orgasm of the face". ~ Alfredo Arias

Peace is not a matter of prizes or trophies. It is not the product of a victory or command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. ~ Oscar Arias

Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles. ~ Moises Arias

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight. ~ Michael Bolton

The world does not lack the financial resources to feed, educate and clothe its inhabitants. Rather, it lacks leaders committed to addressing the problems of the impoverished. ~ Oscar Arias

In the earlier Passion it was John's special eyewitness account that gave the work its authenticity and edge, while the irregular placement of arias and chorales reinforced this suspense. With Matthew's version comes a larger cast and the added pathos of Jesus presented as 'a man of sorrows'. It would be hard to better it as an essentially human drama - one involving immense struggle and challenge, betrayal and forgiveness, love and sacrifice, compassion and pity - the raw material with which most people can instantly identify. ~ John Eliot Gardiner

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course. ~ Oscar Arias

Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it. ~ Oscar Arias

Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were blurred by the white sheets of the Aurora. Now shimmering like translucent curtains drawn over the windows of heaven, the northern lights suddenly streaked across a million miles of space to burst in silent explosions. Fountains of light, pale greens, reds, and yellows, showered the stars and geysered up to the center of the sky, where they pooled to form a multicolored sphere, a kind of mock sun that gave light but no heat, pulsing, flaring, and casting beams in all directions, horizon to horizon. Below, the wolves howled with midnight madness and the two young men stood in speechless awe. Even after the spectacle ended, the Aurora fading again to faint shimmer, they stood as silent and transfixed as the first human beings ever to behold the wonder of creation. Starkmann felt the diminishment that is not self-depreciation but humility; for what was he and what was Bonnie George? Flickers of consciousness imprisoned in lumps of dust; above them a sky ablaze with the Aurora, around them a wilderness where wolves sang savage arias to a frozen moon. ~ Philip Caputo

When life hands me lemons I...throw them back and demand JASPER HALE ~ A.R. Arias

Knowing is knowing that knowing is not knowing. ~ Moises Arias

Many developing countries continue to be burdened by high percentages of their population living in poverty. Yet, instead of addressing this root cause of conflict, many states, ironically, increase their military might in order to control increasingly desperate populations. ~ Oscar Arias

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change. ~ Oscar Arias

Poverty and lack of education are ruining our planet. ~ Oscar Arias

February 2009
January 4. January 4. January 4. I rubbed the paper on my red calendar. I cried into the little box, into the last day we had sex.
I was a tornado. I puked hurricanes.
I was Jodi Arias. There were no more tears for him.
Swirling eddies of vodka, pills, fattening food, and tears. Vortexes corralled other vortexes. They joined forces with the eyes of other storms far out into the Gulf, and Atlantic, and castrated my heart first, then everything below the neck. Fuck the heart; my brain was mauled into mush. He didn't have a heart - and possibly, neither did I. The heart had nothing to do with a whirlpool of circles and left and rights I navigated. ~ Christy Heron

We need a force that recognizes that only through development and liberty, through education and health care, through better priorities and wiser investments, can we achieve the stability we seek. ~ Oscar Arias

The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of any nation because they represent a threat to the security of the human race. These incredibly destructive weapons are an affront to our common humanity, and the tens of billions of dollars that are dedicated to their development and maintenance should be used instead to alleviate human need and suffering ~ Oscar Arias

The best way to perpetuate poverty is by spending on arms and military, and the best way to fight terrorism is by fighting the basic needs of humanity, because hunger and poverty perpetuate crime. ~ Oscar Arias

It's not fair for the U.S. to spend, on arms and weapons, so much money and then not spend on health care the money that is needed. ~ Oscar Arias

A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours. ~ Oscar Arias

During my administration, our desire has been to strengthen the civilian spirit of our people. Thus, we have eliminated military ranks and salutes from our civil guard. ~ Oscar Arias

She would not attend the dinner (she did not eat before she sang) but would arrive at the end of the meal and perform six arias with her accompanist. ~ Ann Patchett