"I have a concept of Naples that is not so much of a city, per se, but rather an ingredient of the human spirit that I detect in everyone, Neapolitan or not. The idea that 'Neapolitanism' and mass ignorance are somehow indissolubly linked is one that I am prepared to fight with all the strength I have."

-- Luciano De Crescenzo

#Ignorance Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.”

Source : Raoul Vaneigem (1994). “The revolution of everyday life”, Left Bank Distribution
“Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.”
“Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall.”
“I love being the age I am, because if there's enough pain or grief, I have enough experience now to realize that there's joy coming around the corner.”
“My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.”
“Rick Perry is qualified to be President in the same way that Olive Garden is qualified to be Italy.”
“Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).”
“You have the sky overhead giving one light; then the reflected light from whatever reflects; then the direct light of the sun; so that, in the blending and suffusing of these several luminations, there is no such thing as a line to be seen anywhere.”

Source : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”

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