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“We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our political culture lingers. There is something missing from our public debates.”
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“Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz: The mind and soul of man.”
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“The boys that lose our directioners are so stupid, they will never find such beautiful girls in the whole entire world.”
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“Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better.”
Source : Hubert Van Zeller (1973). “Considerations”, Templegate Publishers
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“Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.”
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“I was named Margaret Yvonne - Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Art is what everyone knows it is.”
Source : Benedetto Croce, Remo Bodei (2007). “Breviary of aesthetics: four lectures”, Univ of Toronto Pr
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“The court doesn't follow public opinion. The court's views are radically out of step with public opinion.”