"Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire , Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired to arrive and to assimilate himself, or wield authority as of right."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Social Quotes #Authority Quotes #Form Quotes

“Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.”
“Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.”
“If you stay half-alert, you can pick the spectacular performers right from your place of business or out of the neighborhood shopping mall, and long before Wall Street discovers them.”
“I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.”
“Success on the outside indeed begins with success on the inside.”
“deep in the meadow , under the willow , a bed of grass , a soft green pillow”
“O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be with us in our silence and in our speech, in our haste and in our leisure, in company and in solitude, in the freshness of the morning and in the weariness of the evening; and give us grace at all times humbly to rejoice in Thy mysterious companionship.”
“Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.”

Source : John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation”, p.185

You may also like:

Clifton Fadiman
Intellectual
Denis Diderot
Philosopher
Fernando Pessoa
Poet
John Lukacs
Historian
Lionel Trilling
Literary critic
Mark Van Doren
Poet
Marshall McLuhan
Philosopher
Milan Kundera
Writer
Yuja Wang
Classical pianist