"I have nothing but the embittered sun; Banished heroic mother moon and vanished, And now that I have come to fifty years I must endure the timid sun."

--

William Butler Yeats

#Mother Quotes #Reality Quotes #Moon Quotes

“One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.”
“If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.”
“And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough, Between our faces, to cast light on each? - I dropt it at thy feet. I cannot teach My hand to hold my spirits so far off From myself--me--that I should bring thee proof In words, of love hid in me out of reach. Nay, let the silence of my womanhood Commend my woman-love to thy belief, - Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief.”
“The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.”

Source : C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics, www.cfr.org. January 21, 2011.
“After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms.”

Source : Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (1997). “History of My Life”, p.50, JHU Press
“To me, defense is a mental attitudeÂ…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.”
“This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of pride, hatred, and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; and men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism. The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.”
“A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.”

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