Mannes College Quotes & Sayings

Long visits don't make for good friends. — J.M. Coetzee

I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art. — Christoph Waltz

Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear. — Robert Browning

As people used to say, "What the heart loves is the cure." The cure for healing the wounds and conflicts between faiths and systems of belief involves awakening to the unique ways that each heart carries devotion and love. When followed far enough, simple belief can transform into wisdom; raw passions can become a greater compassion that trusts what resides in one's heart and even in the hearts of others. Until the heart opens and the eyes begin to see there is always the danger of blindness and narrowness and the tendency to hold onto narrow ways of being. — Michael Meade

Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence — Isaac Asimov

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. — Theodor Adorno

Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible. — John Wooden

Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me. — Irene Rosenfeld

No one can improve on nature's landscapes. I feel I've hit the mark when I've captured a balance between mood, look, and feel ... when viewers say they sense the desert heat, or the chill of a mountain snowfall. — Matt Smith

I encourage the study of music. And the immersion. 'Cause my life has been so enriched by being involved in music as I have. — Clive Davis

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it. — Emile Durkheim

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again. — Wynonna Judd

If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost. — James Earl Jones