Esferas De Cristal Quotes

There was nothing wrong with being a homebody. There was nothing wrong with not wanting - not needing - the constant jostle and noise of a party or bar or... whatever. ~ Charles De Lint

Eating three times a day means takingon, almost without respite, the work of assimilation. ~ Adalbert De Vogue

In giving us his Son, his only and definitive word, God spoke everything to us at once in this sole word, and he has no more to say. ~ Juan De La Cruz

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians. ~ Shirley Chisholm

You are a gift to life. Share your bounty. ~ Amy Leigh Mercree

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General. ~ Vincent De Paul

The only security is courage. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Well, if he comes when I'm out, tell him to wait. And now, Jeeves, mes gants, mon chapeau, et le whangee de monsieur. I must be popping. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

Love, as I have heard say, sometimes flies and sometimes walks; with this one it runs, with that it moves slowly; some it cools, others it burns; some it wounds, others it slays; it begins in the course of its desires, and at the same moment completes and end it; in the morning it will lay siege to a fortress and by night will have taken it, for there is no power than can resist it. ~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers and scientists, and their contests determine the true triumph or defeat of nations. One scholar is matched with another; one creative mind with another; and one judicious temperament with his counterpart. A victory won on that field counts for three won by force of arms. ~ Cyrano De Bergerac

Science condemns itself to failure when, yielding to the infatuation of the serious, it aspires to attain being, to contain it, and to possess it; but it finds its truth if it considers itself as a free engagement of thought in the given, aiming, at each discovery, not at fusion with the thing, but at the possibility of new discoveries; what the mind then projects is the concrete accomplishment of its freedom. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

We are humiliated by what is powerful and mean, but awed by what is powerful and noble. ~ Alain De Botton

I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance ~ Alfred De Vigny

To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes? ~ George Orwell

Au milieu de l'hiver, j'apprenais enfin qu'il y avait en moi un été invincible.

(In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there lay within me an invincible summer.) ~ Albert Camus

We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux. ~ Miguel De Icaza

Are you staying with us? It could be dangerous,' said William, realizing that he was saying this to a vampire iconographer who undied every time he took a picture. ~ Terry Pratchett

Bill de Blasio was swept to the New York mayoralty on the promise of getting Gracie Mansion out from under the thumb of corporate elites. ~ Rick Perlstein

I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand. ~ Uzo Aduba

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead. ~ Pierre-Jean De Beranger

When I read 'Dream of Red Mansions,' I was really struck by the fact that it was built differently from a lot of genre works. Specifically, a lot of the events that should have taken centre-stage - wars, social upheavals - were seen entirely through the eyes of the women of a Chinese household. ~ Aliette De Bodard

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. ~ Honore De Balzac

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. ~ Malcolm De Chazal

I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again ... ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very soul. ~ Maurice De Saxe

One aspect we might focus on during this moratorium is an alternative to overly cerebral approaches. ~ Frans De Waal

The questioning of any and all entities, including belief and its objects, is one of Christianity's most impressive legacies; and humanism, its rebellious child, must not be prevented from developing this legacy [ «et l'humanisme, son enfant rebelle, ne saurait être empêché de développer ce legs. » ]. ~ Julia Kristeva