Long Time famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.

  • No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.

  • And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.

  • I hate optimism out of insensitivity.

  • You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.

  • How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds.

  • Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.

  • I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.

  • Revenge proves it's own executioner.

  • Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.