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Ignorant people
It's better to be thought foolish by ignorant people than to be thought intelligent by them. Goethe, Grazie Antonia di Lucia
Impossible Goals
The only impossible goals are those you have never thought.
Don Mario, bishop of Acquaviva, Santeramo, Altamura and Gravina
Industrialization
Industrialization and materialism were mentioned as possible weapons to be used against an abusive and oppressive Catholic church shortly prior to the French revolution by some French writers and philosophers.
Ingenuity
If a man cannot think out of the box, he is condemned to live insied of it. pg
Desperation often leads to innovation. Dr. Coe
Infidel
The Christian in Asia, the Moslem in Europe and America, the Catholic in middle east or Africa... Either all of us are infidels or none of us are.
Innocence
Our parents raise us in the innocence of the dove but want us to become crafty as the serpent. Eventually the serpent eats the dove. pg
Innovation
The greatest swordsman in the world does not have to fear the second greatest swordsman, but rather the man ignorant of swords but knowledgeable about gun powder. Mark Twain
Intellect
Intellect should not be the slave of passion but the servant of the heart.
-Auguste Comte
Intellectuality
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. Leonardo Da Vinci
Investments
If the people on television were experts on investing... They wouldn't be on television. They are not part of your solution and overall they are a part of a destabilizing affect.
Pat g
Irv
Avram Heidel Labovich Englewood 6040 Throop street rented room to Charles Barr before Irv was born in 1929. Barr applied for a job at Sears but got another job and moved away. Sears sent a letter to Barr's old address. Avram opened the letter then changed his name to Charles Barr and accepted the job.
I feel better when I don't work but when I don't work I get depressed. I. C.
Man plans, God laughs. I B.
As bad as it is that's as good as it is. I. B.
Mishagaz a hang up or a twisted view of something. I. B.
Many people are interested in money. Many people are changed by money. The thing that interests me in Irv Barr is his heart. He's got a heart of gold. His capacity to love exceeds most people's capacity to understand him. They don't look inside. That's where the real riches of Irv lie. I'm Irv Barr's friend. I say this with pride and happiness. He's given me more than I could have dreamed of from a friend. pg dedicated to Irv B.
Are you afraid of terrorists. Are you kidding? I'm married to one. I.C.
Italy
Of all the nations, Italy is the most adorned by the arts. Of all the nations she has the least need of them.
-A British wise man
Who has been to heaven does not desire earth. He who has been to Italy does not desire other places. Gogol
God is the artist of the earth. Italy is God's greatest masterpiece. Henry Adams
Thou art the garden of the world. Byron
Italian Architecture
Italian architecture designed the Kremlin and the two most important cathedrals within its walls. The Assumption where Czars and Empresses were crowned from the 15 th to the 20 th centuries was designed by Fiorvanti Rudolfo. The Saint Michael Arch Angle cathedral was designed by Novy Alesio. The Czars were buried here.
Italians
Only dead Italians are worthy of our interest. The longer they're dead, the more worthy.
-A French Tourist
Jealousy
Philip father of Alexander the great was killed by Pausanius one of his officers because of his wife Olympia's' teasing and conniving. Alexander became leader of Greek armies at 20.
Are you jealous of the freedom of the wind, the strength of the sea, the persistence of the tree? If you are you will not likely become them.
Joy
It is true joy knowing that you've been chosen for a higher purchase and that your life has been consumed 100% leaving you too exhausted to complain about your silly aches and pains. George Bernard Shaw
Justice
If God is just, we'll all hang. Fr. Jack Riley (friend of Fr. Dan Cahill)
Kev
I gotta get on that social security disability. Mc Millan book company closed out 34 years ago. I was heartbroken. I never could get over it. I was never no good at working anywhere else. Never could hold down a job after that. I get sick thinking about it. I'd a had a blue cross, blue shield, shares in the company and everything. I'd a been retired and tellin everybody 'bout all de books I read. Ya know everyone lies.
King
The king shall come and cause justice without judging. He will conquer without defeating. He will thunder without making noise. He will create earthquakes without moving the earth. I want to be a servant of this Lord. pg
When M. L King asked how he as a pacifist could be an admirer of General Daniel Chappie James. He responded I judge people by their principles not by mine.
Know your prey
You don't go fishing with angel food cake.
You don't woo your guests with worms.
Know your goal and bait the hook accordingly.
Language
Language I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
-Emperor Charles the Fifth
Last Testament
I bequeath my soul to God... My body to obscurity and my name to the next generations. Francis Bacon Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
Last words
Crito I owe a cock to Asclepius. Will you please remember to pay the debt. These were words said by Socrates right after he drank the hemlock.
Law
The most important law which would eliminate the need for most other laws, "love thy neighbor".
Law is society's forced observance of a custom. But is there any necessity to force the preservation of a custom or a law? Durant
Law is like the weather vane. It can never direct the direction of the wind.
Law is a spider web that catches the little flies and lets the big bugs escape.
Lawsuit
Man gets hit in head by salt falling from salt truck. Sues for millions because salt caused him to fall and get amnesia. He was going to start a novel the next week and it was going to be a best seller.
Leader
An effective leader never separates people from results.
The qualities of a good leader are wisdom to recognize changing circumstances and sincerity to guarantee the good will of those around him.
His humanity will help him to appreciate other's qualities, his courage will allow him to take advantage of changing circumstances without hesitation and his consistency will make people feel secure to lean on him and converse with him.
Leadership
A fish stinks from the head down. Billy Buckley
Learning
The highest level of learning often comes through teaching.
Learning is wonderful but the only way to accomplish your dreams is by doing.
Lee
I surrender as much to Lincoln 's kindness as I do to Sherman 's armies.
One day after the war Mr. Robert E. Lee was standing at the gate of his house in Lexington. As Cooke the author of a Lee biography arrived he inquired as to who the ragged departing gentleman that Lee had been talking to was. Lee replied that he was one of our needy old soldiers. Cooke took for granted that the soldier was an old southern warrior. Lee never spoke outright of his generous deeds, however it was later discovered that in fact the old soldier had fought for the other side and that in fact Lee had generously aided him at his moment of need.
It's a good thing that war's so terrible, or we should become to fond of it. Lee
Frank Buchser was commissioned by his Swiss government to paint a portrait to commemorate the north's victory over the south. Instead he painted Lee insisting that Lee not Grant the present president was by far the better symbol of democracy. Switzerland refused to pay him. But 100 years later it is considered Buchser's finest portrait and is on permanent display at the Swiss National Museum. Just like the Swiss.
Northern lights-Lee
The Aurora Borealis quote from a Scottish poem fits the circumstances surrounding Lee's death. There was a storm that flooded Virginia with 14 inches of rain in 36 hours. Then the northern lights were seen. The quote, 'fearful lights that never beckon, save when heroes and kings die'. Lee died the following day.
Leonardo Fabinucci
Famous 12th century mathematician
1,2,3, 1+2=3 2+3=5 5+3=8 8+5= 13... 89+55=144
5= .618 0f 8 8=.618 of 13 89=.618 0f 144
from the ground to your belly button is .618 of your height
In a market after a rally or fall there is a correction to .618 or .382 .6 or .4
Liberty
There was an agenda born in Europe and the Americas to strengthen transatlantic security for the new century. Who are they strengthening it for? Where is freedom when the governments and the large benefactors of government, industry take all of the power in their hands? Are we the empire from Star Wars and the third world the rebels?
Life
If one has friends he flies through life without them he is condemned to trudge through it. pg
Pennies amassed become money. Minutes become a life. pg
You only get old when you let your regrets take the place of your dreams.
John Barrymore
Your life is a complicated, wonderful story. Write out the outline regularly to stay on course.
A successful life is a team result.
Life is a game. Communicate the rules at the outset and the game can commence.
Life is a game. The game measures you.
Life is a game. If you cannot invent one then borrow one and customize it.
Life is a game. It is your special game. Fill it with special people.
Life is an orchestra. You are its conductor.
Life is decided by a goal and a strategy to arrive.
God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. Chuck Faso
The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.
Life is like a river. Sometimes you wade through it, other times you swim it. Every now and then you got to build a bridge.
If everyone of us imagined a mountain. It would never be the same picture in any two minds. Such is life. pg
Life is the gift of nature-God. Good living is the gift of wisdom.
The more you learn the more there is to understand, it's a never ending search. Handled this way even your last breath will be an answer to something that you were searching for.
Life condemns all but rare youth to live in the future and all but rare old to live in the past.
Life is a daily deferment of death.
It's amazing how much space silly things take up in the lives of small people.
We all need something to live for. If we live for ourselves we'll die by ourselves.
pg
True success is merited. Merit is only judged by risk and sacrifice. Earthly rewards are an inaccurate measure of success. Even great defeats can be molded into gains. Live by the golden rules: love others as you love yourself, only perfect people should throw stones and only I am responsible for my actions. Practicing these rules will bring you friendship. Friendship is based on love and is the foundation of life. In friendship love must always exceed need. Forgive a friend as you in your imperfections want to be forgiven. If you've injured a friend don't let a moment pass before asking his forgiveness because in that time you've created doubt. Doubt in friendship brings despair. Implement positive change as aggressively as you protect your values. Know that the best answer is often silence. Remember that all the tears in the world cannot erase a line of your past, so tread gently on the roads of past differences. Putting these things to work will make you an expert in the art of love which is your key to immortality, because he who is loved never dies. pg
It's important to live as you like, so become an expert in life's rules that way you can break them without going to jail. pg
Life is a work of art, we are it's author. Pg
The thought of death makes us more aware of our lives. pg
Life is written out. We represent two pens writing on two different pages. Soon the ink will be done and our writing days over. pg
Touch bottom once and bounce. Touch bottom twice and bounce. If you return to the bottom again the likelihood of a bounce becomes harder and harder. If you don't bounce you're condemned to live on the bottom. pg
As long as I can do something to help someone else I want to live. pg
The best part of life is that which you give to others. pg
Life's sometimes like a fighter who's primed and should easily defeat his opponent, taking the crown. Then in the second round he gets head butted and is easily defeated. pg
My life time battle is not a war on a specific enemy, for my enemy is arrogance which I can find on high, on low and in myself. pg
If one has friends he flies through life without them he is condemned to trudge through it. pg
Life is my friend, death is my mistress. Saying of the Italian Blackshirt
Life's Goal
Bring yourself to your funeral. What do you want to hear others say about you. Your life goal is to become this.
Lifestyle
Where are you going? I don't know but I have to hurry. pg
Lincoln
"People are as happy as they make their mind up to be."
Live
Live as if you've just come out of a tunnel, into day light.
Live as if it's the last day of your life. learn as if you're gonna live forever.
Loneliness
The whole world is but a drop in the ocean of what we call loneliness. It's a space that cannot be closed by our legs or travel. And in fact we can lie next to a woman and be lonelier than if we were in the vastness of the sky where the slightest thought of a friend fills the space. pg
Rumor has it that there were some that didn't want to follow the Pied Piper. Eventually they followed because they were lonely. pg
Loss
You can only understand real loss when you love someone more than you love yourself. pg
Lost cause
The lost cause is the only cause worth fighting for. John Doe
Love
I chased her until she caught me.
Pat g
If you love something, set it free. If it doens't come back to you, hunt it down and kill it. CD
When you no longer burn with love others are left to die from the cold.
Saint Vincent De Paul (sent in by Father Chuck Faso)
Are you with the love of your life or with another waiting for him to come along? Pg
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
If it finds you worthy will direct it's own course. pg
Love's ways are that of the Spartan. It's roads are steep and long. As he reaps reward he thrashes you with punishment. If you are cautious with love painstakingly avoiding the prick of his mighty sword then you will laugh, but not all of your laughter and you will cry yet not all of your tears. You will rejoice yet not arrive at the limit of your joy.
Love is. Passion is born and dies. Antonio Coviello
I passed a lifetime in the 10 seconds that I looked in your eyes. I realized all things, the truth of life, the secret of the universe. My questions, like why the summer follows the spring were all satisfied. They were satisfied because in those 10 seconds I knew that all of these things mattered little.
Love is nature's trick to get us to reproduce. We instinctively look for someone who fixes our defects lest they're passed on. Opposites attract for this reason and this is the preservation and melioration of the race.
One should always give but never all. Expectation nourishes gratitude. Machiavelli
Love leads by itself you must follow him with no concern for the slivery sword that he carries at his side that can cut you at anytime. you must welcome the cuts as you welcome the joy that it brings.
Love
I truly believe that when a man tells a woman that he loves her he means that he desires her. The only true love can be a father's love for his son. Enzo Ferrari
One is loved because he is loved. There is no greater reason. Trying to form words into the reason soils the fact.
If you really love someone then free them to fill their destiny.
Love and Politics
In love and politics the longest distance between two points is often a straight line.
pg
Love without deeds
The greatest commandment is to love others as you love yourself. If you find a hungry man and wish him well without helping him you speak love but your heart is as empty as your faith. We're a hypocrite.
Love
The greatest act of love that parents can do is to teach their children to live well without parents. Ferruccio
Loving is giving more than you have to give.
Loving people feel love and warmth.
Feeling love and warmth are good things.
Good things make us happy.
Intelligent people want to be happy.
Loving people are intelligent.
Anger and hate are bad things.
Bad things make us unhappy.
People who don't want to be happy are ignorant.
Angry people are ignorant. pg
We love when the other becomes a source of joy for us.
We strive to preserve the things that bring us joy.
Luxury
Luxury or comfort enters our life as a guest. It slowly becomes a host and then we become its slave.
A man is no better wrapped in fine clothes and it's such a waste of good cloth to wrap such a useless being. Spinoza a Jewish descendant of Spain living in Amsterdam was summoned before the king and when he did not dress appropriately the king took offense. Spinoza replied with these words.
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