E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes Of A Gadfly Quotes
An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.
Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.
Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.
... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.
It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.
Ah, the magic of music, with it, all things are possible.
Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.
Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.
... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have been bored stiff long enough I think.
While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.
Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.
There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.
By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.
If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.
The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.
Righteous, I like that. Kinda fitting when you think about it. If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.
... a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.
... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies.
Isn't it strange how people are selective about the truth the want to see or hear?
It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity.
...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.
If you want to keep people happy, just keep the food and entertainment rolling.
I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul.
It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person’s life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle.
There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.
Stop teasing you two, ” Suzy jumped in, “not all of Kathy’s ideas are wacky.”“Gee thanks. Was that supposed to be a compliment?
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.
... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything.
If that's the case, waiter, please bring me another piece of cake, " Gramps said as lunch was brought to the table, "I'm all for fighting tyranny and oppression.
Love is supposed to be based on trust, and trust on love, it's something rare and beautiful when people can confide in each other without fearing what the other person will think.
Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.
... it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.
Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome,
No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed.