"My own doctrine of organization is that any body of people coming together for a purpose (whatever it may be) should consist of persons wholly wedded to said purpose and should consist of nobody else. If the purpose be Cannibalism (preference for Ham a la Capitalism) then nobody but a Cannibal should be admitted. There should be plenty of discussion and disagreement as to how and the means but none whatever as to ends."

-- Benton MacKaye

#Mean Quotes #Organization Quotes #People Quotes

“The flat-brimmed cap is the modern day dunce cap.”
“I realise the power of art that does not hang on the walls of galleries.”
“For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.”

Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days”
“But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he.”
“I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.”
“bureaucracy, safely repeating today what it did yesterday, rolls on as ineluctably as some vast computer, which, once penetrated by error, duplicates it forever.”
“All the little risks I took were sort of like all the apartments I had moved into: I was finding the right spot.”
“I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.”

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