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“As a professional athlete I can tell you I feel every single emotion and not one of them ever helped me in a fist-fight before.”
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“Our bodies penetrate the sofas upon which we sit and the sofas penetrate our bodies. The motorbus rushes into the houses which it passes, and in their turn the houses throw themselves upon the bus and are blended with it.”
Source : Manifesto of Futurist Painters in April 1910. "Futurism". Book edited by Didier Ottinger, p. 64, 2008.
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“I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me”
Source : Burton Raffel, Robert Payson Creed (1963). “Beowulf: A New Translation with an Introduction”
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“Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.”
Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row
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“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die.”
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“The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.”
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“The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because it communicates primarily images, not by words, and words are necessary if we are to perceive logical connections and make judgments as to what is right and wrong.”
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“There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer.”