"It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Men Quotes #Vision Quotes #Hallucinations Quotes

“I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.”

Source : David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns
“Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion....”
“The Belgians tend to downplay the cultural divide issue, and the far-right issue, but there's a staggering degree of casual racism in Belgium, much worse than in the UK.”
“That kind of friendship doesn't just materialize at the end of the rainbow one morning in a soft-focus Hollywood haze. For it to last this long, and at such close quarters, some serious work had gone into it. Ask any ice-skater or ballet dancer or show jumper, anyone who lives by beautiful moving things: nothing takes as much work as effortlessness.”
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.”
“There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.”
“Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 21, 2002.
“Acting will always be my first passion, it's what I live to do and I hope to be lucky enough to do it the rest of my life.”

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