His Quotes
- Page 33Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
Henry A. Wallace
Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?
Gael Garcia Bernal
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
Albert Camus
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
Norman Douglas
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
George Santayana
When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
Thomas Merton
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Thomas S. Monson
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
Frederick Douglass
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
Jesus Christ
When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's up and it goes right on out to the audience, you know?
Billy Eckstine
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
Rudyard Kipling
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da Vinci
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.
Vladimir Kramnik
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
Camille Paglia