Famous Quotes Name V

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

A kiss To a young girl, faith to a married woman, hope to an old maid, charity.

The kingdoms of fantasy and mirth are longlasting and not of this world.

It's not Jerusalem, It's not Baghdad. It's not Bolivia. It's Oklahoma.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...

Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary masterplan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerality of everything human. It is only this awareness that can breathe any greatness into an action.

Society is a complex and mysterious creation and . it's extremely imprudent to believe in the fact it presents you with at a given moment, let alone to consider it the one and only true face.

The truth is not simply what you think it is it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Money is the root of all evil, but the foliage is fascinating.

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.

There is nothing worse than falling prey To someone else's confusion.

Rigidly organized pre-school classrooms, which value obedience more than development, create the deficits in poor children, imposing a self-image of marginality and failure.

There is one universal gesture that has one universal message--a smile

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible.

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic and it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. ... the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self... Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

All grand thoughts come from the heart.

Consciousness of our powers augments them.

Just like the falling rainbow Just like the stars in the sky Life should never feel small.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

A good friend will fit you like ring to finger.

Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.

There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.

When small men cast long shadows the sun is going down.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

The fact that I was a bachelor provided two opportunities or two handles that they might get on me, namely, girls or boys.

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.