Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips.

Leonardo da Vinci

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

Topics

MyselfMemoryMindMeLipsMouth

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

Joe Wilson

BestI AmGentlemanBehaviorNatural

Of course, women are free to start any kind of company they want. But women sometimes identify different problems than men do and start different sorts of companies as a result.

Andrew Yang

WomenMenStartFreeProblemsKind

When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.

Andrea Bocelli

HopeGreatPeopleYouWantSing

I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I play are all the same stuff - good time music - and it is the only stuff I can do.

Ry Cooder

GoodMusicTimeMeReputationPlay

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.

Don DeLillo

CultureIndependencePictureFirst

I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's different from prescribing a way in which a writer should write.

Chinua Achebe

ThinkSomeoneArtistWayWrite

We Filipinos have to exercise the necessary pressure on Marcos. But it would certainly help our cause if the Americans would stop supporting Mr. Marcos.

Corazon Aquino

PressureHelpExerciseStopWould

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.

Brian Selznick

LoveTimeBookLongChooseBooks

Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he'd support.

Timothy Noah

SupportSayBecomeGlobal Warming

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

Noam Chomsky

LieCitizensSupposedGovernments

Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.

Moshe Sharett

FreedomTimeCuriousPeopleThink

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Mark Twain

EducationTrainingCollegeNothing

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