"Timing: The alpha and omega of aerialists, jugglers, actors, diplomats, publicists, generals, prizefighters, revolutionists, financiers, dictators, lovers."

--

Marlene Dietrich

#Actors Quotes #Diplomats Quotes #Lovers Quotes

“Passion kept one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive 'nows.'”

Source : Sue Halpern (2011). “Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly”, p.121, Vintage
“Evil brings men together.”
“God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.”

Source : Quoted in Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Rockefellers, an American Dynasty (1976)
“Protecting biodiversity is just as important and critical to the survival of mankind as stabilizing the climate. Species protection and climate are interdependent.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.”
“The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi.”
“To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.”
“All the time it's a changing And all the dreamers are waking.”

Source : Song: Nocturn, Album: Aerial, 2005

You may also like:

Edith Piaf
Singer
Greta Garbo
Film actress
Hildegard Knef
Actress
Jean Gabin
Film actor
Joan Crawford
Dancer
Josef von Sternberg
Film director
Mae West
Actress
Marilyn Monroe
Actress
Rita Hayworth
Dancer