John Desmond Bernal Quotes
Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people.
Quotes to Explore
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.
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If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.
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Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people.
