Walker Evans Quotes
I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were just asses to me.
Walker Evans
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
Warren Weaver
We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
Rachel Griffiths
I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
Fernando Flores
To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
Carles Puigdemont
In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
Aaron Lazar
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Babasaheb
There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
P. J. O'Rourke
I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
Rainbow Rowell
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
Yoko Ono
I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
Gail Simmons
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
Major Owens
You have to force yourself to give up and to move onto something else. That's the way you grow as a writer, by trying new things and tackling new subjects. But it's difficult. There's part of you that doesn't want to give up because you realize that, in some way, you're surrendering.
Karl Iagnemma
Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
Ezra Pound
Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in the New Lecture Hall. And when he was done, Professor Whitehead, who presided, thanked him for his efforts, and not least for 'leaving the vast darkness of the subject unobscured'.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
Xavier Dolan
Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.
David Morrell
I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were just asses to me.
Walker Evans
