Eugenio Montale Quotes

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.

Eugenio Montale

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• I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Believe
  • War
  • Death

• As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Child
  • Story
  • Logic

• I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Energy
  • Feel
  • Young

• Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Work
  • Myself
  • Forever

• Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Done
  • Boundaries

• 'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • House
  • Doors
  • Cards

• I had a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Good
  • Imagination
  • Gone

• What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Nature
  • Beauty
  • Garden

• Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public school behave in the right way, but every now and then there will be someone who comes along and ruins it.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • People
  • School
  • Society

• I must confess that the original 'Pretty Woman' was terrific and a hit, but I always felt that creatively I didn't do justice to Richard Gere's character. So in the musical, we have some great new moments for Richard's character.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Great
  • Character
  • Pretty

• My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Long
  • Women
  • Service

• Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

  

  Albert Ellis
  • Good
  • Abuse

• I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

  

  Louie Anderson
  • Up
  • Boy
  • Famous

• God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • God
  • Words
  • Unity

• In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic.

  

  Om Malik
  • Work
  • Perfect

• Making a moonshot is almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology.

  

  Astro Teller
  • Technology
  • Exercise
  • Creativity

• I think that you're always going to have some people who are negative or view you in a certain way.

  

  Craig Kilborn
  • People

• I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.

  

  Matthew Nable
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Happy

• With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may be justly pronounced one of the most beautiful and interesting sermons in the English language.

  

  John Strachan
  • May
  • Beautiful
  • Society

• Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to make me that much stronger at the end of the game. My pitching philosophy is simpe. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

  

  Bob Gibson
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Philosophy

• Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.

  

  George Wald
  • End
  • Problems
  • Civilization

• Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

  

  John Webster
  • Together
  • Alone
  • Fly

• Dwelling-place and food are useful for life but give it no significance: the immediate goals of the housekeeper are only means, not true ends.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Life
  • Goals
  • Means

• Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.

  

  Eugenio Montale
  • Identity
  • Lose
  • Civilization