Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
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We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
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I love clothes and do sort of change my wardrobe a lot. But a thousand dollar jacket? I'd rather spend it on an experience, like traveling.
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Nobody has money right now. And eating is very important, but it doesn't need to be expensive. And to make - it doesn't need to be fancy, as long as it's fresh and simple. The simpler it is, the more fancy it actually comes out tasting.
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She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.
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Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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What makes philosophy so tedious is not the profundity of philosophers, but their lack of art; they are like physicians who soughtto cure a slight hyperacidity by prescribing a carload of burned oyster-shells.
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Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.