"To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity."

-- Lewis Mumford

#Art Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Machines Quotes

“Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.”
“Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription being proposed or introduced. Thus would be provided a most favourable political platform upon which to fight the National Government.”

Source : "Your Alternative Government" by Talus, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (p. 36), 1945.
“I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.”
“Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's troubles and land safely on the other side.”
“Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.”
“Vermonters, it seems to me, are like ethnics in their own land. They are exceedingly conscious of their difference from other Americans, and they talk a great deal about outsiders, newcomers, and people from the south.”
“I married beneath me. All women do.”

Source : Quoted in Dictionary of National Biography 1961 - 1970 (1981)

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