Petrarch Quotes

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

Petrarch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: July 20, 1304 - July 19, 1374

Topics

ShortCutRichesDesiresOur

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

Robert Staughton Lynd

BirthdayTimeSunWorldRememberUs

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.

Michael Connelly

CommunityNewspaperCenterGoingWeb

I think human beings are funny, tricky things.

Amy Landecker

FunnyThinkHumanThingsI Think

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

Steven Spielberg

HistoricalBecauseLicenseLikeList

Any time you're working on big things, you're going to get criticized along the way.

Steve Scalise

TimeYouWayThingsBigGoing

I've had more people come up to me about 'Saving Silverman' than anything else. That and 'That Thing You Do!' But 'Saving Silverman' is the one I get most often. And I love that.

Steve Zahn

LovePeopleMeYouMoreAnything

You may have an older audience in front of you holding the Bible and a younger audience holding an iPhone. You don't want to lose either audience.

Tony Evans

BibleYouLoseWantiPhoneAudience

I got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people.

Rob James-Collier

PeopleActingMeetingGotDifferent

When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

Ronnie Wood

EnemyMy OwnWorstOwnLeft

When you fail at something, the best thing to do is think back to your successes, and try to replicate whatever you did to make them happen.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

BestThinkYouBackTryWhatever

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GoodAdversityGood ThingsProsperity

I know Charles Michael Davis. I used to play poker with him when I lived in Los Angeles.

Joseph Morgan

Los AngelesPlayKnowHimLivedLos

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