A Quote by Antonio Porchia

A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me.

Antonio Porchia

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Candor Leaves Little Me Never Protects

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Antonio Porchia
Italian - Poet
November 13, 1885 - November 9, 1968

Little girl, he called me. A little girl who is stressed out to the point of paranoia. That is not me, but now, it's who the Candor think I am.

Veronica Roth

My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make it work.

Jack Welch

The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.

Barbara Amiel

To me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it, not when it's easy, not when it supports your position, not when it protects people you like, but when it defends and protects people that you hate.

Glenn Greenwald

When I walk, I walk with God. He's always with me, He never leaves me and He will shine the light on me.

Shamcey Supsup

Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.

Lisa Loeb

Candor is the key to collaborating effectively. Lack of candor leads to dysfunctional environments.

Edwin Catmull

The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have stopped, but I was pursued by something. It always came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. Perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. Perhaps it was only a piece of transparent glass.

Tennessee Williams

A lifevest protects you from drowning and a bulletproof vest protects you from getting shot, and a sweater vest protects you from pretty girls.

Demetri Martin

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

Karl Kraus

From a man who fights like crazy, arouses me like no other, is the sexiest thing I've ever seen. From the man who plays me sexy music, gives me his t-shirt to sleep in, protects me as fiercely as a lion, and yet won't take me when I'm naked and trembling in his arms.

Katy Evans

I think God leaves me alone to let me find my own strength because no one else can give it to me. Sometimes it is very lonely. But I know the lonely times teach me the most. I must let go in order to let anything in. No one can love me, for me.

Sabrina Ward Harrison

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

Octavia E. Butler

My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.