"Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work."

-- Ezra Pound

#Men Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.”

Source : "Charlie Hebdo shooting: police release names and photos of two brothers wanted for the attack - as it happened" by Ben Doherty, Helen Davidson, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2015.
“I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.”
“I can be a lazy dresser.”
“An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.”
“I'm the company philosopher and the burr in the saddle. I'm the one who says we need to try harder, improve the quality of our products, become a part of the political process, help elect people who are good for the environment.”
“I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.”
“In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (1998). “Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982”, p.88, Shambhala Publications
“It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902.”

Source : 1938 In Downbeat, Aug.

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