James Payn Quotes

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

Carlo Ponti
- Work
- Art
- Perfect
I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist
- Long
- Art
- Remember
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Saint Augustine
- Good
- Evil
- Beginning
I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Think
- Government
- Easy
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

Ingrid Newkirk
- Pretty
- Die
- Fire
I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.

Sam Smith
- Wonder
- Child
- Destiny