Quotes 381 till 400 of 401.
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We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.
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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
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We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn.
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We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.
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We might as reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by utility or cost of production.
Principles of Economics (1920) Book V, Ch. III -
We might as reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by utility or cost of production.
Principles of Economics (1920) Book V, Ch. III -
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
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We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.
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We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.
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We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom.
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We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
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We’re after the drawing-room type, the real ladies, who become whores once they’re in the bedroom.
François Truffaut - Hitchcock/Truffaut -
What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?
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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.
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What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?
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What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.
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What rights are those that dare not resist for them?
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What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
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