English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quote: "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents,..."

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

H. L. Mencken

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Nicholas Negroponte quote: "Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to..."
Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water. Nicholas Negroponte
Vincente Minnelli quote: "I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer."
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer. Vincente Minnelli
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom..."
Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas. Ambrose Bierce
Geoffrey Beene quote: "When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start..."
When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens. Geoffrey Beene
Dennis Eckersley quote: "I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter..."
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game. Dennis Eckersley
Tom Paulin quote: "I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all."
I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all. Tom Paulin
a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned man replied: i'm not going anywhere. they're taking me by force. Jose Saramago
Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real. Isabelle Huppert
Steve Guttenberg quote: "Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror."
Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror. Steve Guttenberg
I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate. Oscar Wilde
Hart Crane quote: "One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them ..."
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them ... Hart Crane
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Love in its essence is spiritual fire."
Love in its essence is spiritual fire. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
George Savile quote: "If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of..."
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. George Savile
So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art? John Cage
Charles Baudelaire quote: "I am a cemetery by the moon unblessed."
I am a cemetery by the moon unblessed. Charles Baudelaire