17536 Quotes & Sayings

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing. — Blaise Pascal

She had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party's control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. What was most important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war fever and leader worship. — George Orwell

We ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the universe. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the skies so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. — Johannes Kepler

I'd say seeking is one of the fundamental artistic impulses. Art is about discovery. The medium is not the message. — John Paul Caponigro

Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty. — Matsuo Basho

Who ordained that the few should have the land (of Britain) as a prerequisite; who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth? — David Lloyd George

I'm blessed and I thank God for every day for everything that happens for me. — Lil' Wayne

I wanted to make sounds that I'd never heard before. — James Blake

I'd give up everything for him, but then what? He has no job, I have no money, and we both live in a box. Love sucks. — H.M. Ward

Watching Michael Jackson was like taking a history lesson and a lesson on the future at the same time. If that weren't enough, Michael then went and single-handedly revolutionized music videos. It's amazing that today, some twenty-five years later, everyone who makes a pop music video still feels obligated to include a 'group dance' sequence like the one Michael pioneered in 'Beat It'. That's how influential and ahead of the times he was. — Marcus Miller

The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body — Baruch Spinoza