E. A. Bucchianeri Quotes
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A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.
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There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
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The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has.
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In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
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Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.
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By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.
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It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity.
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... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!
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Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.
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Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.
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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.
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... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.
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Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the world. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.
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Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before.
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Ah, the magic of music, with it, all things are possible.
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You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.
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It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
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To be, or not to be: what a question!
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So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.
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There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.
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No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed.
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If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
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... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book - if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book.
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The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?
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While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
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Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. 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. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.
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... far be it from a Frenchman to interfere with love.
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Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other. They were words only the heart could hear and understand, words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.
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There is much to discover that's not on the back cover!
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Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.
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