Gustave de Beaumont famous quotes

I have seen the Indian in his forests, and the Negro in his chains, and thought, as I contemplated their pitiable condition, that I saw the very extreme of human wretchedness; but I did not then know the condition of unfortunate Ireland...In all countries, more or less, paupers may be discovered; but an entire nation of paupers is what was never seen until it was shown in Ireland.
-- Gustave de Beaumont

#Country #May #Saws

Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions.
-- Gustave de Beaumont

#Country #Littles #Raises

There are countries in which public establishments are considered by the government as its own personal affair, so that it admits persons to them only according to its pleasure, just as a proprietor refuses at his pleasure admission into his house; they are a sort of administrative sanctuaries, into which no profane person can penetrate. These establishments, on the contrary, in the United States, are considered as belonging to all. The prisons are open to everyone who chooses to inspect them ad every visiter may inform himself of the order which regulates the interior.
-- Gustave de Beaumont

#Country #Government #Order

I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.

To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.

I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.

I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.

Because I’ve had a taste and I’m not sharing. This isn’t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.

Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.'

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.

In him I saw my furture In him I saw my friend In him I saw my destiny Both my beginning and end

When I got the paperwork for Superstars, and I saw they asked what size swimsuit I wear, I had a hot flash, nearly broke into cold sweats and hired a trainer immediately.