We have to make ourselves as perfect as we can.
Historians who stuff in every item of research they have found, every shoelace and telephone call of a biographical subject, are not doing the hard work of selecting and shaping a readable story.
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of change (as the poet said), windows on the world and lighthouses erected in the sea of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.
In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.
Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.
Books are humanity in print.
Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.
My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.
Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) - It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into.
It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA. ' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.
Winning is irrelevant when you’re 11 or 12 years old. It really is it. At youth tournaments, I look at the technical ability of the players. Whether the team wins or loses - I don’t care.