Gelderloos In Muskegon Quotes & Sayings

Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress. — Bryant McGill

Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols. — Kenneth Burke

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost. — Julien Benda

Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

What Sri Krishna is saying, is that it's a terrible mistake to believe that this life we lead is real. Obviously it's real, but it doesn't last very long in its realness. It's very ephemeral and to mistaken the forms of life, the shapes that life takes, for reality, is not wise. — Frederick Lenz

There let her pray to the one god she worships: Death
who knows?
may just reprieve her from death. Or she may learn a last, better late than never, what a waste of breath it is to worship Death. — Sophocles

If literature provides solutions, if it provides answers, then it is lying. Rooted in reality as it is, it can only contribute towards posing the questions more sharply and clearly and more drastically than before. In my opinion, creative literature is an empirical science. — Jens Bjorneboe

I think I'm far too hopeful and trusting. That's something I got from my mum. — Dave Eggers

Summer is the sweet spot of the movie-going season
and it's also peak season for Six Flags theme parks. — Mark Shapiro

What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts. — Hermione Gingold