Art Quotes
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.Omar Bradley, Speech to Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1948
A warrior of light knows that he will hear an order in the silence of his heart that will guide him.Paulo Coelho, Manual of the Warrior of Light
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection.E. C. Stedman
Prejudice is the conjurer of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, overpowering reason, making strong men weak and weak men weaker. God give us the large hearted charity which bearth all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things, which thinks no evil.Macduff
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.Louis Kronenberge
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung.Phillips Brooks
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 4 scene 5
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.G. C. Lichtenberg
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.Doug Larson
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.Ralph Waldo Emerson
April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory out of desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in a forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried tubers.T. S. Eliot
You desire to know the art of living, my friend It is contained in one phrase make use of suffering.Henri Frdric Amiel
Our ego is our silent partner - - Too often with a controlling interest.Cullen Hightowe
The beginning is the most important part of the work.Plato, The Republic
Give all to love; obey thy heart.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, p. 205
America is closer to the year 2 than anywhere else on earth.David Frost
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.Frederika Breme
Be still sad heart and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining, Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life a little rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.Longfellow
If someone breaks your heart, forgive them. For they have helped you leard an important lesson on who you open your heart to.Unknown
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.Karl Marx
The Soviet Union would remain a one - Party nation even if an opposition party were permitted - Because everyone would join that party.Ronald Reagan
Scandisk is now checking your hard disk. You can start praying.Anon.
It is well - Known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.Benjamin Disraeli
Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.Rmy de Gourmont
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.Mark Twain
The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.Steven King, The Stand
When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids
The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.Barbara M. White
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.Marcel Proust
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.Martin Luther King, Jr.
May you never know hunger May you love with a full heart The light burn in your eyes May the fire be your friend And the sea rock you gently May the moon light your way Till the wind sets you free.Shriekback, "Cradle Song".
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes in the sense that almost certainly in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul - Mate is the one you are actually married to.J. R. R. Tolkien
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.Jessamyn West
Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.Marianne Williamson
Beanie Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man you have one vagina for the rest of your life. Real smart man.Old School
