Pedro Calderon de la Barca Quotes

'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: January 17, 1600 - May 25, 1681

Topics

LiePainHellLossHeavenGreatest

I think people who watch 'Top Gear' think they're the only ones watching it, which I quite like, because it can hopefully last for a long time.

Jeremy Clarkson

TimePeopleThinkLongLong Time

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

John Gerzema

MenAccountabilityLearnNewAdapt

My shadow in my art is one way I trace who I was and where I have been. My shadow and I have been on a journey for quite a while now!

Angela Cartwright

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I thought, this is a good sign. There's something perfect and right about this.

Jeff Goldblum

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I am Hollywood's hottest young, middle-aged director, but I'll write out of New York because I don't want to become a salad head. That's what you become out there: a guacamole dip.

Michael O'Donoghue

I AmNew YorkYouNewYoungWant

If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.

Mohammad Azharuddin

BestMeYouAskOutVariety

We usually let our husbands negotiate the house and the cars. But I never had a husband, so I was always buying my own houses and cars, so I knew how to negotiate.

Lisa Lampanelli

HusbandHouseMy OwnNeverAlways

A. S. Byatt is a writer in mid-career whose time has certainly come, because 'Possession' is a tour de force that opens every narrative device of English fiction to inspection without, for a moment, ceasing to delight.

Jay Parini

TimeMomentWithoutFictionDelight

I look like that in the morning: my hair's all greasy - it's not, 'Hey, look at the babe of the band!' I hate that kind of thing, the way women are always pushed forward as beauties... it's very easy: you can make the ugliest pig look lovely in a photograph.

Dolores O'Riordan

WomenMorningHateHairForwardPig

I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.

Christen Press

TimeStruggleWinningThinkingYou

The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire - is that they're old, so we've ceased to notice their effects.

Clive Thompson

LightFireThinkingBecomeReason

To be recognized by a brand like Reebok and to know that the company is looking at mixed martial arts shows the growth of the sport. For me, it's an amazing opportunity. I get to be the face of my own shoe, and it's surreal.

Anthony Pettis

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