Richard Connell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?

  • I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection.

  • A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.

  • When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness. Go to the inner place where there is no problem, and abide in the consciousness of well-being.

  • Tallulah [Bankhead] never bored anyone, and I consider that humanitarianism of a very high order indeed.

  • A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

  • If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline.

  • Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.

  • The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.

  • Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.