"Put crudely, one is left with a choice between two unsatisfactory combinations: artistic integrity married to spiritual compromise; and spiritual integrity married to artistic banality-or, worse, art compromised on both counts. Neither one will satisfy those who recognize the fundamental necessity of integrity in both faith and art."

“There isn’t anything good to say about Kick-Ass 2, the even more witless, mirthless follow-up to Kick-Ass.”

“The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.”

Source : Broadcast on Radio Bremen, August 2, 1940.

“We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a note; or to play what some people would say is a sound.”

“The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.”

“I love running and I will always run.”

Source : Interview with Chris Kelsall, www.milesplit.com. April 10, 2012.

“It's hard to see any institutional structure that stands in the way of the homogenization and simplification of these supply chains in international capitalism, unless it is the nation state.”

Source : "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.

“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”

“When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.”