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:

Herbert Read Quotes

Herbert Read quote: "What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society..."

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.

Herbert Read

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Paul McDonald quote: "If my life were a song, what would it be? 'A Never Ending Road..."
If my life were a song, what would it be? 'A Never Ending Road of Musical Good Times'. Paul McDonald
Mao Zedong quote: "Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the..."
Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. Mao Zedong
When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing,' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things. Brendan Fehr
I really get inspired by songs. Like, if I hear a thug "Want to kill ya" song, I'm ready to go out and get crazy. Or if you hear this really sexual, sensual slow song, I want to go have sex. I'm very animalistic when it comes to stuff like that. Very basic emotions. Channing Tatum
Then she made up her mind. It was absurd to pretend that he did not exist. It no longer hurt her to see him. She opened the door wide and let him into her life again. Steig Larsson
Waterpolo is my life. Our relationship is that of predetermination I'll never be better at anything than waterpolo and that is why it is my duty to pursue this sport as long as I can, and to the best of my abilities. Tibor Benedek
Charles Dickens quote: "and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could..."
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it Charles Dickens
I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it. George Sand
Christopher Marlowe quote: "Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position."
Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position. Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Moore quote: "The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked."
The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked. Thomas Moore
If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either propagated by you or embraced by you, then I suggest you learn to recognize and avoid the symptoms of the zealot and the person who knows he is right. For the dissenter, the skeptical mentality is at least as important as any armor of principle. Christopher Hitchens
Carrot Top quote: "I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't..."
I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny. Carrot Top
William S. Burroughs quote: "The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous..."
The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers William S. Burroughs
For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows. J. R. R. Tolkien
Louis-Ferdinand Celine quote: "Sonuta sava dediiniz ey, anlamadnz ne varsa odur"
Sonuta sava dediiniz ey, anlamadnz ne varsa odur Louis-Ferdinand Celine