"The Balopticon [a machine that projects photos on canvas to trace the lines] is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often-and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming."

-- Norman Rockwell

#People Quotes #Evil Quotes #Lazy Quotes

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
“People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.”
“We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.”
“Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.”
“One thing I've always been really proud of about our band is that we've done what we wanted to do, what we enjoy doing, and we've been really lucky that people have responded to it the way that they have. As long as we continue to really enjoy what we do and make decisions with integrity, I'm hoping people continue to respond to that.”
“When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.”
“I think people have this stereotypical idea in their head of what a nerd is. People have said to me before, "You're not a nerd!" because I think they think of the classic Revenge Of The Nerds archetype.”
“If we want world peace, we must break the vicious circle of violence and reprisal, of an eye for an eye, of endless hate.”

Source : "Rights Expert Urges the UN General Assembly to Adopt a More Decisive Role in Peace-making". "Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner" blog, dezayasalfred.wordpress.com. September 26, 2013.

You may also like:

Andrew Loomis
Author
Andrew Wyeth
Visual Artist
Edward Hopper
Painter
Mary Cassatt
Artist
Maxfield Parrish
Painter
Ruby Bridges
Author
Salvador Dali
Painter
Thomas Kinkade
Painter
Winslow Homer
Illustrator