"Philosophy ... finds itself to be no longer anything but the heir to a fabulous mystical theology, but missing a God and wiping the slate clean."

-- Georges Bataille

#Philosophy Quotes #Missing Quotes #Heirs Quotes

“I am certain that if I have any merit, it is knowing how to make good use of my eyes, to guide the camera in its task of capturing not only colors, lights and shadows, but the movement of life itself.”
“I don't mind what I play, really.”
“All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.”
“Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.”
“My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.”
“I don't need a reason to kill myself-I need a reason not to.”
“A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a loss of 13,000 more jobs in the region.”
“The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.”

Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.35

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