Colin Dickey Quotes & Sayings

When it came to the definition of genius, the ultimate measure could never really be the skull - the measure was always the writing, the music, the art itself. — Colin Dickey

A city obsessed by its ghosts seems to be weighted down by a conflicted view of the past. Something close to melancholy: a weight it can't quite let go of, a lingering sadness. And though we don't often think of the United States in these terms, this melancholy is as much a part of our history as our triumphs. — Colin Dickey

If you've ever wondered what you would have done in 1930s Germany well then my friend here is your fucking chance to find out. — Colin Dickey

Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit. — Colin Dickey

But this, too, you could say, is part of the American story, as we have always been people who move on, leaving behind wreckage and fragments in our wake. — Colin Dickey

Goethe wrote in 1827, America, you have it better Than our old continent, You have no ruined castles And no ancient basalt. Your inner life remains untroubled By useless memory And futile strife. That was then. Now, almost two hundred years later, we've started to catch up to old Europe. We have plenty of ruined castles now, plenty of wasted strife to call our own. — Colin Dickey

There had been no contradiction between a man of science and a man of religion. They provided different means to the same goal: understanding the works of God. — Colin Dickey