Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes

The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed.

Gian Carlo Menotti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: July 7, 1911 - February 1, 2007

Topics

GuiltCreationNeedExperimentBeing

Up to 80 percent of the fish that we catch spend at least part of their lives in estuaries.

Jim Gerlach

FishUpCatchPercentPartLeast

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.

Joanna Southcott

WisdomTimeManI AmEndYear

Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us.

Jesse Kellerman

ScienceTimePeopleSelfLiterature

You never think about your own mortality. At least not until your back gives way when you're 40.

Andrew Lincoln

ThinkYouBackWayNeverOwn

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

Meg Ryan

ThinkBadDeadChivalryGotJust

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

Anna Paquin

DamnBisexualGiveAnna

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.

Amy Winehouse

DepressionMeBlackCloudOverFelt

You know, men would much rather run away than talk about stuff, and my default setting has always been, 'If you have an argument, walk out the door.'

Stephen Moyer

WalkMenDoorYouArgumentRun

Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.

Steven Pinker

SomeonePersonMoralPlacesAnything

Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require.

Robert Foster Bennett

MarriagePeopleSocietyProcessKind

I don't think all the other wrestlers hear the same love from the fans that I do - they are extreme about it.

Rob Van Dam

LoveThinkSameFansExtremeHear

It is probable that Facebook boasts the broadest, deepest, and most comprehensive dataset of human information, interests, and activity ever collected.

Jon Evans

InformationHumanDeepestFacebook

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