Feininger Artist Quotes & Sayings

Men can be pitiless towards a woman whose body has eluded them, particularly if this is thanks to their own cowardice. — Andrei Makine

Do you wonder that I avow this to you? Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that it is not your forte to tell of yourself, but to listen while others talk of themselves; they will feel, too, that you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion, but with a kind of innate sympathy; not the less comforting and encouraging because it is very unobtrusive in its manifestations."
"How do you know?
how can you guess all this, sir?"
"I know it well; therefore I proceed almost as freely as if I were writing my thoughts in a diary. — Charlotte Bronte

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike. — Philippe Petit

[I] could see how nervous everybody was in the beginning and how silent it was when we had trouble with the artificial heart [during the surgery, but later in the operation, when it was working, there were moments] of loud and raucous humor. — William DeVries

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. — Gautama Buddha

All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again. — Theodore Dreiser

One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

I feel like I'm going to get in a fight one day about the validity of falling in love so fast. Not a heated one because why would I give a shit if some other person gets it or not? Right now, it's no longer the big flooding rush like when I saw her naked shoulder. It's just this honest, frank truth. I love Evelyn Shriner. Love doesn't start with need. Love meets love and just fucking recognizes itself. I'm supposed to be scared to death. Modern man isn't built for these kinds of things. But I feel good. — Gregory Sherl

Time is construct, in relativity every thing flows, no past or present, only the now. — Kate Atkinson

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton

Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to. — Frank Abagnale