Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
Harold Bloom
When I was outed on July 14th, 2003, I was, until that moment, covert. That means no one outside of a very small circle knew where I really worked.
Valerie Plame
I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.
Irving Paul Lazar
I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.
R. L. Stine
We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.
Tariq Ali
Much there is I can stand, and most things not easy to suffer I bear with quiet resolve, just as a god commands it. Only a few I find as repugnant as snakes and poison - These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs, garlic, and †.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men disappoint me so, I disappoint myself so, yet courage, patience, shuffle the cards ...
Margaret Fuller
In New York, a 13-year-old Indian girl came up to me crying, saying to everyone nearby, 'This is where I come from.' It's easy to forget that actors have the ability to instill a sense of self in viewers. That's the greatest compliment.
Priyanka Chopra
There are many people inside Iran who say, "We don't have enough to eat. Why do we need a nuclear bomb?"
Farah Pahlavi
I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.
Anthony Davis
I was co-editor of the magazine called The Jazz Review, which was a pioneering magazine because it was the only magazine, then or now, in which all the articles were written by musicians, by jazz men. They had been laboring for years under the stereotype that they weren't very articulate except when they picked up their horn.
Nat Hentoff
What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.
Arthur Schopenhauer
