How many a thing which we cast to the ground, When others pick it up, becomes a gem!
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
High thoughts must have high language.
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism. . . Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end.
Schiller is an important philosopher because he shows just how integral the idea of beauty is in normal life.
If I'm happy with the song and it's a hit song or not, for the rest of my life, I can hang my hat on knowing I did the best I could, and I'll enjoy getting out there and doing it. That's all that really matters for me. The icing on the cake is people actually enjoy it and sing it back to you. That's when you know that you've done something great.
History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.