Susanne Langer Quotes

The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

Susanne Langer

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• Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Me
  • Give
  • Chastity

• I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Enjoy
  • Look
  • Limit

• I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.

  

  Jackie Mason
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Why

• I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Painting
  • Canvas
  • Ever

• Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

  

  Sam Ewing
  • Nothing
  • Talking
  • Someone

• When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Book
  • Myself
  • Encouragement

• In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Time
  • Writing
  • School

• I think the phrase that resonates from 'Just One Year' is something I sort of live by: 'The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin.'

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Live
  • Truth
  • Same

• The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.

  

  Iqbal Quadir
  • Power
  • History
  • Evidence

• Biochemistry is the science of life. All our life processes - walking, talking, moving, feeding - are essentially chemical reactions. So biochemistry is actually the chemistry of life, and it's supremely interesting.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Life
  • Science
  • Interesting

• When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.

  

  Yao Ming
  • Different
  • Team
  • Rest

• As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

  

  Oliver North
  • Safety
  • Lives
  • Responsible

• I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • Work
  • House
  • Alone

• The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Up
  • Family
  • Growing

• I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Family
  • Know
  • Insurance

• As a child I sometimes used to travel to the West Bank to visit my family, so I know what the checkpoints felt like. I knew what it was like to live under occupation.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Live
  • Family
  • Travel

• You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.

  

  Laura Chinchilla
  • Important
  • Women
  • Country

• Young girls in particular aren't given a space to be messy and complicated and express themselves and experiment - they're told to be a little quieter and a little less than.

  

  Rachel Keller
  • Space
  • Young
  • Messy

• I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Think
  • Stock
  • Retirement

• Because of the shape of my eyes, I can wear a lot of make-up. I can do a smoky look in the evening, but in the day I wear a lot less. Most women don't deal with lip pencils - they have been given a bad name, but are essential, especially as we get older.

  

  Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
  • Up
  • Women
  • Bad

• Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

  

  Patricia Hill Collins
  • Women
  • Parents
  • Culture

• Jewish success is due to a culture that promotes excellence, blessed with self discipline, education, dedication and a quest for leaving this world a better place.

  

  Nonie Darwish
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Blessed

• To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Choice

• The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

  

  Susanne Langer
  • Culture
  • Civilization
  • Cities