Northrop Frye Quotes
Physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature, and a student of it says that he is learning physics, not nature. Art, like nature, has to be distinguished from the systematic study of it, which is criticism.
Quotes to Explore
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a loss of stability and security for average people, and therefore a certain hostility to quickly acquired wealth is from their point of view quite understandable at the first look.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.
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I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
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Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
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In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
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The 19th century became the age of the museum. Objects were scrambled for, specimens seized, and friezes and antiques grasped.
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I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.
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I love playing baseball, and I always promised myself, if I had the chance, that I would work as hard as I could to be the best player I could possibly be.
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I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
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I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.
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I don't like the dark. I really am afraid of the dark.
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Every single fighter I've ever been in with, including the guys who beat me, I have hurt.
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Physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature, and a student of it says that he is learning physics, not nature. Art, like nature, has to be distinguished from the systematic study of it, which is criticism.
