Cravan Quotes & Sayings

I have twenty countries in my memory and trail in my soul the colors of one hundred cities.
Arthur Cravan — Arthur Cravan

Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized. — Arthur Cravan

When we were negotiating the ongoing financial period in 2013, I talked myself hoarse. London and Berlin in particular insisted on reducing the budget. So we - to the applause of German journalists - made cuts to central future-oriented areas and slashed the budget for development aid, research and technology. — Martin Schulz

Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet. — William Shakespeare

As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. In general, don't portray anything that says 'I'm too cool and I don't care.' — Paul Feig

Some of the stainless steel discs that I play, I cut myself from pieces of stainless steel that I found. I don't make as many as I used to, because you can't get into surplus and scrap yards as easily anymore. — Z'EV

Every great artist has the sense of provocation. — Arthur Cravan

You want to sub, baby, but you've got no idea what it means. When you give someone the power to do what they want to you, you also give them the responsibility of keeping you safe. Otherwise, you can't ever really give in and let go. — Amelia C. Gormley

Knowing that there is no future that is possible or desirable, I experience the solace one feels on going back to sleep when the alarm clock has sounded. — Arthur Cravan

If you want to survive Ebola, you need to be young. If you're in your late 30s, the death rate is about 80 percent, and if you're over 45, then the death rate goes up to about 90 percent. — Richard Preston

Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 trillion of it is in the developed countries ... These inequities can't exist. So if you are talking about systemic breakdown, I think you have to look in terms of social breakdown. — James Wolfensohn

I know this is a weird niche, but a lot of my female friends have these strange stories where there their dads have seen the small successes of their daughters and have decided that they are creative as well. — Casey Wilson

My character on 'I'm In the Band,' Derek Jupiter of Iron Weasel, is definitely one of the crazier ones. That's completely on the other end of the spectrum. There's absolutely nothing like Derek any shape or form. I'm having so much fun playing this egotistical, '80s-era rockstar - everything he does is from the point-of-view of a rockstar. — Steve Valentine

You must dream your life with great care.
Instead of living it as merely an amusement. — Arthur Cravan

Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized. — Arthur Cravan

You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself. — Katharine Hepburn

Genius is nothing more than an extraordinary manifestation of the body. — Arthur Cravan