Jose Mota Quotes & Sayings

Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting. — Pablo Picasso

How seriously would we take person who said, "I have faith in Adolf Hitler, or in John Dilinger. I can't explain why they did the things they did, but I can't believe they would have done them without a good reason." Yet people try to justify the deaths and tragedies God inflicts on innocent victims with almost these same words.
Furthermore, my religious commitment to the supreme value of an individual life makes it hard for me to accept an answer that is not scandalized by an innocent person's pain, that condones human pain because it supposedly contributes to an overall work of esthetic value. If a human artist or employer made children suffer so that something immensely impressive or valuable could come to pass, we would put him in prison. Why then should we excuse God for causing such undeserved pain, no matter how wonderful the ultimate result may be? — Harold S. Kushner

In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth — Edmar Mednis

By my ridiculously feathered cap! — Nicole Sager

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. — Mahalia Jackson

The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends ... The examples of government misusing religion are endless. — Peter McWilliams

Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl. — Nellie L. McClung

The measure of the state's success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not. — Joseph Sobran

Faith and perseverance is the key to overcoming obstacles. — Lorna Jackie Wilson

I am still on stage. If you read Press ... you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and DOING IT WELL! — Rudolf Nureyev

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican. — Charles Evers

I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did. — Jackee Harry

We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared to abandon its terrible delights. — H. Rider Haggard

Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay. — Samora Machel

Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud. — Edmund Phelps