Axinn Library Quotes & Sayings

The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of limbs and features that strength and dignity of mind, and vigor and activity of body, which enables men to conceive and execute great actions. — Edmund Burke

Man dreams that he is more than a leaf on a tree.'
-Leaves by Countee Cullen — Countee Cullen

The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in. — Fred Wilson

The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed. — George Bernard Shaw

I respect self-giving and I've tried to lead my life with that as the ideal. But real self-giving is when we take our being, that which is most precious to us, and we throw it into eternity with a total sense of offering. — Frederick Lenz

She means everything literally. Don't kid yourself about that lady. She means everything literally. — Don DeLillo

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming. — Oscar Wilde

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. — Robertson Davies

They went down the list of every known charge conceivable to man - rackeering, skimming, kickback, ticket scalping. fixing fights, preordaining fights, vitaiting officials, corrupting judges, all the way down to laundering money. Everything but the Lindbergh baby. — Don King

I quite enjoy the lines on my forehead because they show my life. That's my history and I like to see that in other people. Like this wrinkle is due to some girl who broke my heart. I don't want to escape it in any way. — Michael Fassbender

You have a problem wherein you only invest your time and energy into worthless pursuits."
"This isn't worthless."
"There is no 'this'. This is nothing."
"And I am nothing. And as you've always said, you want nothing. — Nora Sakavic

Upon the civilization of the world. The best one can do is to estimate, as intelligently as possible, the national characteristics of the peoples engaged, — Lafcadio Hearn

Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children. — John Pople