Glasgold Quotes & Sayings

I was accused of being against civilization, against science, against humanity. naturally, i was flattered and at the same time surprised, hurt, a little shocked. he repeated the charge. but how, i replied, being myself a member of humanity (albeit involuntarily, without prior consultation), could i be against humanity without being against myself, whom i love - though not very much; how can i be against science, when i gratefully admire, as much as i can, thales, democritus, aristarchus, faustus, paracelsus, copernicus, galiley, kepler, newton, darwin and einstien; and finally, how could i be against civilization when all which i most willingly defend and venerate - including the love of wilderness - is comprehended by the term — Edward Abbey

Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion. — Aristotle.

I made a killing on Wall Street a few years ago ... I shot my broker. — Groucho Marx

To become successful, do the little extra things that ordinary people refuse to do. The little extra hard work, little extra practice, little extra studying and the little extra positive attitude. — Archibald Marwizi

It's a manwhore miracle — Samantha Young

[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN] action is nonaction or what appears to be nonaction. That's a hard concept for Western audiences ... We wanted to show a kind of moral action, a spiritual action, an emotional action. Some people will pick up on it; some won't. — Martin Scorsese