Art Quotes
Though there are very many nations all over the earth, ... there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we may justly call two cities, ... one consisting of those who live according to man, the other of those who live according to God.... To the City of Man belong the enemies of God, ... so inflamed with hatred against the City of God.Saint Augustine
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - The dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer - Lytton
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.Unknown
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten - - Happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.Brenda Ueland
The man who follows the crowd will get no farther than the crowd. A man who walks alone is likely to get places no one has ever been before.Alan Ashley - Pitt
He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly.George Gordon Byron
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.Aristotle
We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a great distance, not by virtue of any sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.Bernard of Chartres, 12th Century
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.Reubin Askew
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.Kahlil Gibran
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.William Hazlitt
He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings.David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
Morality, like art, means a drawing a line someplace.Oscar Wilde
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.Mark Twain
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.Bertrand Russell
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.Brendan Behan
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter - Silvered wings.John Gillespie Magee
As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak she gave me a younger brother named Russel, who taught me what was meant by survival of the fittest.Bill Cosby
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.Chief Joseph
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent.William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.George Will
Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - Not their minds.Author Unknown
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.Marie Curie
To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.Kelvin Throop
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.Oscar Wilde
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.Wendell Berry
Two - Thirds of the earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.Ralph Kine
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.Paul Sweeney
History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex - Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon - See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.Robert Joseph Bob Dole
Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.Emmet Fox
Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.Matthew Trump, in Mother Earth News
The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even heard, they must be felt with the heart.Helen Kelle
There is no gravity. The earth sucks.Graffito
I? m good enough, I? m smart enough, and dog - Gone it, people like me.Al Franken, Stuart Smalley in Saturday Night Live, catchphrase
This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part which governs.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
In human relations a little language goes farther than a little of almost anything else. Whereas one language now often makes a wall, two can make a gate.Walter V. Kaulfers, The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
