Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.
H. P. Lovecraft -
Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip. I'm a fashion vampire. I take what I need and I leave the rest.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
Immanuel Kant -
Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a musician, an actor, an athlete -- but a maker is what people are going to want to be.
will.i.am -
It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?
Mahatma Gandhi -
Love and meekness, lord, Become a churchman better than ambition: Win straying souls with modesty again, Cast none away.
William Shakespeare
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I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.
Willem Dafoe -
A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.
Honore de Balzac -
Give form to the passing World. Freeways are a drama.
Jim Morrison The Doors -
Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag -
My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
Arthur Conan Doyle -
Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.
Richard M. DeVos
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Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.
Aristotle -
You can go to church and sing a hymn, Judge me by the colour of my skin, You can live a lie until you die, One thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside.
John Lennon The Beatles -
It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe