"Every type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal."

-- Max Weber

#Bears Quotes #Artistic Quotes #Type Quotes

“Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science.”
“The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.”

Source : Harry G. Frankfurt (2009). “On Bullshit”, Princeton University Press
“I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.”
“I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.”
“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”
“The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd fat.”
“For me, looking at small images somehow recreates the experience of looking through a viewfinder.... At this size they're edible. You don't just scan them. You take them in all at once.”

Source : Judy Fiskin, Christopher Knight (1988). “Judy Fiskin”, A R T Pr
“Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse.”

Source : Kate Morton (2013). “The Secret Keeper: A Novel”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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