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“What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation
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“We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.”
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“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.”
Source : Source: pokerworks.com
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“Above all, every member of the university has an obligation to permit free expression in the university. No member has a right to prevent such expression. Every official of the university, moreover, has a special obligation to foster free expression and to ensure that it is not obstructed.”
Source : "Free Expression, Peaceful Dissent, and Demonstrations". Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression at Yale, catalog.yale.edu. January 1975.
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“I am interested in the paradox between identity and uniformity, in the power and vulnerability of each individual and each group. It is in this paradox that I try to visualize by concentrating on poses, attitudes, gestures, and gazes.”
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“Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.”
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“Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.”
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“We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it”