Dugattyus Quotes & Sayings

Then there are the fully intentional pleasures, which, although in some way tied up with sensory or perceptual experience, are modes of exploration of the world. Aesthetic pleasures are like this. Aesthetic pleasures are contemplative - they involve studying an object OUTSIDE of the self, to which one is GIVING something (namely, attention and all that flows from it), and not TAKING, as in the pleasure that comes from drugs and drinks. Hence such pleasures are not addictive - there is no pathway to reward that can be short-circuited here, and a serotonin injection is not a cheap way of obtaining the experience of PARISFAL or THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. — Roger Scruton

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about? — Beck

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing — Benny Carter

And you know, the crazy thing about love," I went on, "is that you can tell the other person anything in the world, and they'll love you. No matter what. — Kate Klise

Laws governing pollution tend to move pollutants from one medium to another. So, for example, we scrub SO2 from power plants only to dispose toxic sludge on land. We "clean" water only to disperse toxic-laced solids on farmland or landfills. Pollution control becomes a kind of giant shell game by which we move pollutants between air, water, groundwater, and land. — David W. Orr

The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes. — John Travolta

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible. — D. Elton Trueblood

Like many physical diseases, anti-Semitism is highly infectious, and can become endemic in certain localities and societies. Though a disease of the mind, it is by no means confined to weak, feeble, or commonplace intellects; as history sadly records, its carriers have included men and women of otherwise powerful and subtle thoughts. — Paul Johnson

Be confident and stop worrying — Chantel C.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone. — Dom DeLuise

In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience. — Mark Twain

I need Jace," said Sebastian. "But in his heart, he's not like me. But you are. — Cassandra Clare

A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young. — John Dewey

History causes the military problem to become the essence of the political problem. — Vladimir Lenin

Cars frighten me. They look vicious. Growling, screeching, fast-moving assassins.
-Bec — Darren Shan