#Gun Quotes #House Quotes #Velvet Quotes
“President-elect John F.Kennedy said to Robert McNamara that there's no school for presidents, or, for that matter, for secretaries of defense.”
“Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.”
“Spring flies, and with it all the train it leads; and flowers, in fading, leave us but their seeds.”
“Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after. The more graceful and ornamental it was, the more clearly do we discern the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state. Coarse stones, if they are fractured, may be cemented again; precious stones, never.”
“From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.”
“Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain arrangement of colors, of lights, of shadows. It is this that one calls the music of painting”
“The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.”
“Across the room, Hale smiled slightly. 'We can draw you a diagram if you need it.' 'No thanks,' Nick said. 'I think I've got everyone but you.”
August Strindberg Playwright
Barbara Stanwyck Film actress
Frank Capra Film director
Jill Ciment Writer
Stella Adler Actress
Carla Hayden