La Adelita Quotes

Suddenly, stupidly, she started singing: "If Adelita went off with another man. ~ Carmen Posadas

A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

It's madness to see life as it is and not how it should be. ~ Knight Of The Woeful Countenance

Most human beings wish to be happy and healthy. This universal realization is painfully obvious and yet is overlooked due to its simplicity. We all naturally desire to feel free on all levels: mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. We wish to feel joyful, abundant, serene and blissful. This desire is ultimately grounded in a higher human nature. ~ Christopher Dines

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

I suppose I see myself as a modern soul artist. ~ Lianne La Havas

Cigarette kisses the flame. But the mouth kisses the woman. (Cigarette embrasse la flamme. - Mais la bouche embrasse la femme.) ~ Charles De Leusse

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

There is nothing useless to men of sense. ~ Jean De La Fontaine

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I had this dream, see, where I saw the whole world melt. I was standing on La Cienega and from there I could see the whole world and it was melting and it was just so strong and realistic like. And so I thought, Well, if this dream comes true, how can I stop it, you know? How can I change things, you know? So I thought if I, like pierced my ear or something, like alter my physical image, dye my hair, the world wouldn't melt. So I dyed my hair and this pink lasts. I like it. It lasts. I don't feel like the world is gonna melt anymore. ~ Bret Easton Ellis

When I first moved to LA, no one could understand a thing I said, you would think I was speaking another language. Every time I would order something at Starbucks, they would go, 'Huh? What did you say?' My accent was an issue and my low voice was as well. They thought I should be more girlie. But that's who I am. ~ Miley Cyrus

My dogs forgive anger in me, the arrogance in me, the brute in me. They forgive everything I do before I forgive myself. ~ Guy De La Valdene

Tony La Russa is considered among the best in his business. Yet nearly half the time he led his organizations into competition, they were defeated - 2,728 wins, 2,365 losses. ~ Don Yaeger

All my work will explode inside my body, each fragment of my anatomy will acquire a life of its own, outside mine, Humberto won't exist, only these monsters, the despot who imprisoned me at La Rinconada to force me to invent him, Ines's honey complexion, Brigida's death, Iris Mateluna's hysterical pregnancy, the saintly girl who was never beatified, Humberto Penaloza's father pointing out Don Jeronimo dressed up to go to the Jockey Club, and your benign, kind hand, Mother Benita, that does not and will not let go of mine, and your attention fixed on these words of a mute, and your rosaries, the Casa's La Rinconada as it once was, as it is now, as it was afterwards, the escape, the crime, all of it alive in my brain, Peta Ponce's prism refracting and confusing everything and creating simultaneous and contradictory planes, everything without ever reaching paper, because I always hear voices and laughter enveloping and tying me up. ~ Jose Donoso

Don't," she said to her brother.
"What?"
"Don't act like I'm dead already. I, for one, am not giving up. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse. ~ Jean De La Fontaine

Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world - the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine.
It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning gray, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack. ~ Charles Dickens

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself. ~ Jean De La Fontaine

Even women are perfect at the outset. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

First thing we need to do," said Bean, "is split up." "No," said Petra. "I've done this before, Petra. Going into hiding. Keeping from getting caught." "And if we're together we're too identifiable, la la la," she said. "Saying 'la la la' doesn't mean it isn't true. ~ Orson Scott Card

It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Hush, hush, my bonnie sweet lamb. Tho' my ship must sail in the morning, I will be with you When the salt spray fans the shore, I will be with you When the wind blows the heather, I will be with you when the dove sings her song, Sing ba la loo laddie, sing ba la loo dear Hush, hush, my bonnie sweet lamb. ~ Carol Goodman

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Hope turned sly. "What if the slice of apple pie is served a la mode?"

Smiling, Peggy Sue regarded her tall, brunette, and blue-eyed friend. "Is the slice of apple pie served a la mode with three scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream piled on top of it? ~ Lyn Key

I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this. ~ Melissa De La Cruz

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The American id could not be educated, Spinks thought. It needed horror in order to stay awake and to justify its most pleasureful pursuit, the destruction of helpless people who had never done anything wrong. ~ Paul La Farge

... He was a bad courtier and painted an ambiguous picture entitled La Menzogna or Falsehood, to show what he felt about the need for dissimulation to achieve success; a man holds up a mask to indicate to his companion that he must adopt it if he wants to make progress at court... ... The clear message was that Rosa was not prepared to demean himself in that way. ~ Jonathan Scott

We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin. ~ Fiorello H. La Guardia

Victories are a byproduct of a larger vision. It begins with a question:

How much do we owe one another?

Each coach's and player's individual answer is one of the building blocks of The Streak. De La Salle separates itself from the competition because everyone from the head coach to the least accomplished player on the roster is willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be their absolute best. ~ Neil Hayes

A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle with the world of fashion, and hold himself on a level with the highest; this is less easy for him who is engaged; it seems as if marriage put the whole world in their proper rank. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

I want to be good all the time, so I feel anxious. But if you weren't like that, you'd be dead, wouldn't you? If you went out happy down the road, la la la. I've never been like that. I don't want to be. ~ Michael Gambon

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to see if I have the rhythm right. That's why my first drafts take a really long time. ~ Matt De La Pena

We had met with Ben Stiller here in LA when I was shooting The Ring and he was doing Meet The Fockers and we have friends in common. But we didn't know each other well. He's fantastic and we really had a great time on this and we were both laughing at where we were at, this other couple, and how it was mirroring what we were going through as well. It was clever writing in that way. ~ Naomi Watts

I decided to an actress because of the film 'La Dolce Vita.' ~ Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy which fixes our hearts successively to all the qualities of the person loved
sometimes admiring one and sometimes another above all the rest
so that this constancy roves as far as it can, and is no better than inconstancy, confined within the compass of one person. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Cuando llega la hora, llega la hora. A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do and all that crap. ~ Stieg Larsson

Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld