"It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few."

-- Oscar Hammerstein II

#Tragedy Quotes #Despair Quotes #Modern Quotes

“In the meane time know this, that the learning of warranties is one of the most curious and cunning learnings of the law, and of great use and consequence.”
“I think that people taking drugs occasionally are great. I think there's nothing wrong with it. But if you do it the whole time, you don't produce as good things as you could.”
“As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.”

Source : "This Land Is Your Land" (song) (1956)
“A statue of Apollo in a museum does not seem naked, but attach a tie to its neck and it will strike us as indecent ... The text is one of the components of an artistic work, albeit an extremely important component ... But the artistic effect as a whole arises from comparisons of the text with a complex set of ontological and ideological esthetic ideas.”
“We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.”

Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.19
“Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.”
“True character arises from a deeper well than religion.”
“It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.”

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