Hannah Arendt Quotes
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.Hannah Arendt
Quotes to Explore
-
I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Yo-Yo Ma -
I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Saint Augustine -
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
Tariq Ramadan
-
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer -
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
G. H. Hardy -
I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
Taylor Lautner -
What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.
Randall Munroe -
Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
Rachel Kushner -
Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
Warren Buffett
-
It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
Haley Joel Osment -
I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
Taron Egerton -
In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
Famke Janssen -
I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
Iman -
Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
Gary Krist -
I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.
Taylor Swift
-
For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!
Dwayne Johnson -
I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.
Brad Dourif -
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
Laila Ali -
I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.
Larry Fitzgerald -
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.
Hannah Arendt