Quotes 3701 till 3720 of 5418.
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The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
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The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.
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The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.
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The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
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The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.
Source: In Defence Of Politics Ch. 7, In Praise Of Politics, p. 151 -
The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.
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The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.
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The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think people appreciate that.
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The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal.
Source: Roughneck, The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, page 146. -
The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are viewed as no more than ignorant and meddlesome outsiders, a bewildered herd.
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The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
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The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.
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The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
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The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.
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