A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air. Walter Winchell
A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.PessimismQuotations by Walter Winchell
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. Albert Camus
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.Philosophers and PhilosophyQuotations by Albert Camus
If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind. Georg C. Lichtenberg
If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.Philosophers and PhilosophyQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it! Joseph Roux
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!Philosophers and PhilosophyQuotations by Joseph Roux
The camera can photograph thought. It’s better than a paragraph of sweet polemic. Dirk Bogarde
The camera can photograph thought. It’s better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.PhotographyQuotations by Dirk Bogarde
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety. Samuel Johnson
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety.PietyQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.PityQuotations by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. Malcolm Mclaren
Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.PlagiarismQuotations by Malcolm Mclaren
At all times it is better to have a method. Mark Caine
At all times it is better to have a method.PlanningQuotations by Mark Caine
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. Jib Fowles
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.PlanningQuotations by Jib Fowles
Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board. Robert J. Mckain
Success or failure is often determined on the drawing board.PlanningQuotations by Robert J. Mckain
We always plan too much and always think too little. Joseph A. Schumpeter
We always plan too much and always think too little.PlanningQuotations by Joseph A. Schumpeter
The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams. Adlai E. Stevenson
The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams.PlatitudesQuotations by Adlai E. Stevenson
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions. Pierre Charron
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.PleasureQuotations by Pierre Charron
God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain. C. S. Lewis
God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.PleasureQuotations by C. S. Lewis
Work is often the father of pleasure. Voltaire
Work is often the father of pleasure.PleasureQuotations by Voltaire
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. Max Eastman
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Max Eastman
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. David Hare
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by David Hare
Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal. Philip Massinger
Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Philip Massinger
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Percy Bysshe Shelley
In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams
In politics the middle way is none at all.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by John Adams
Politics is the art of the next best. Otto Von Bismarck
Politics is the art of the next best.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by Otto Von Bismarck
Politics is organized hatred, that is unity. John Jay Chapman
Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by John Jay Chapman
The art of governing mankind by deceiving them. Benjamin Disraeli
The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. R. Buckminster Fuller
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by R. Buckminster Fuller
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. Judy Garland
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.Acting and ActorsQuotations by Judy Garland
I don’t do T & A very well because I haven’t got much of either. Tea Leoni
I don’t do T & A very well because I haven’t got much of either.Acting and ActorsQuotations by Tea Leoni
Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world. Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
Art is the objectification of feeling. Suzanne K. Langer
Art is the objectification of feeling.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Suzanne K. Langer
Wherever art appears, life disappears. Francis Picabia
Wherever art appears, life disappears.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Francis Picabia
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. Robert Schumann
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Robert Schumann
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have. Andy Warhol
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Andy Warhol
Great things are only possible with outrageous requests. Thea Alexander
Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.AskQuotations by Thea Alexander
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask! W. Clement Stone
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!AskQuotations by W. Clement Stone
Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. W. Somerset Maugham
Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.AssociationQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
If there is no God, everything is permitted. Fyodor Dostoevsky
If there is no God, everything is permitted.AtheismQuotations by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. Thomas Merton
Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.AttachmentQuotations by Thomas Merton
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.AttitudeQuotations by Epictetus
Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded. J. C. Macaulay
Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded.AttitudeQuotations by J. C. Macaulay