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Thing Quotes (page 805)

Fascism is fundamentally and at bottom an aesthetic conception, and . . . it is your function as creators of beautiful things to portray with the greatest efficacy the sublime beauty and inevitable reality of the Fascist ideal. Louis de Bernieres
The true men of action in our time those who transform the world are not the politicians and statesmen but the scientists. Unfortunately poetry cannot celebrate them because their deeds are concerned with things, not persons, and are therefore speechless. When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes. W. H. Auden
They always believe that 'things are in a bad way now,' but they 'haven't any faith in these idealists.' One minute they call Wilson 'just a dreamer, not practical'- a year later they rail at him for making his dreams realities. They haven't clear logical ideas on one single subject except a sturdy, stolid opposition to all change. They don't think uneducated people should be highly paid, but they won't see that if they don't pay the uneducated people their children are going to be uneducated... F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Wilmot quote: "God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none..."
God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. John Wilmot
What is 'camp'? A much misunderstood word, everyone has their own feel for it. Here is mine: Camp is not in rugby football. Camp is not in the Old Testament. Camp is not in St. Paul. Camp is not in Latin lessons, though it might be in Greek. Camp loves colour. Camp loves light. Camp takes pleasure in the surface of things. Camp loves paint as much as it loves paintings. Camp prefers style to the stylish. Camp is pale. Camp is unhealthy. Camp is not English, damn it. But … Camp is not... Stephen Fry
Sri Chinmoy quote: "Never worry about things. That you are unable to change...."
Never worry about things. That you are unable to change. Change your own way. Of looking at truth, Sri Chinmoy
One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity. A. Whitney Brown
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "There is only one thing which is generally safe from..."
There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know. Alan Watts
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Jung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by..."
Jung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by gods. The mistake is to identify with the god occupying you. Michael Ondaatje
Chief Seattle quote: "This We Know. All Things Are Connected"
This We Know. All Things Are Connected Chief Seattle
You watch teenage girls and feel shivers up and down your arms -- those poor creatures don't know the first thing about time or agony or the price they're going to have to pay for just about everything. Alice Hoffman
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "One thing a man must have: either a naturally light..."
One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge. Friedrich Nietzsche
I could give all to Time except---exceptWhat I myself have held. But why declareThe things forbidden that while the Customs sleptI have crossed to Safety with? For I am There,And what I would not part with I have kept. Robert Frost
I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense...who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school...what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it's crazy. Charles M. Schulz

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