Erastus Wiman Quotes
By the end of the Twentieth Century, taxation will be reduced to a minimum, the entire world will be open to trade, and there will be no need of a standing army.
Quotes to Explore
-
I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
-
Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender - not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.
-
In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
-
We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
-
I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
-
Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
-
'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
-
I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
-
Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
-
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
-
For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
-
Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.
-
One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.
-
I was actually born in L.A. My sisters and I were playing in a parking lot, and my dad was like, 'Nah, nah, nah. Let's go give 'em some grass.'
-
I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it.
-
If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
-
Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies.
-
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
-
I always love wearing Vivienne Westwood. Her dresses just seem to fit me perfectly, and she makes dresses for girls with curves - I love that.
-
I loved the Yashraj shows 'Powder' and 'Shaadi.com.'
-
Loving the world destroys our relationship with God, it denies our faith in God, and it discounts our future with God.
-
With all the endless varieties and toppings you can add to burgers, there's no need to keep munching on the boring burgers and ketchup found at all the tailgating events and BBQs.
-
By the end of the Twentieth Century, taxation will be reduced to a minimum, the entire world will be open to trade, and there will be no need of a standing army.
