P28921 Ss C Quotes & Sayings

Having set its mark on the generation before Cocteau's, symbolism expressed a form of inner dissidence confronting the narrow-minded materialism and utilitarian obsession of the industrial revolution, and hence a reaction to triumphant naturalism, in literature at least. Nourished by medieval, Renaissance, and Romantic art, symbolism, probably the last great backward-looking movement hatched in the West, had given rise to a desire to explore the secrets of the world and the confines of the soul. Beyond its androgynous Mercuries, its pale Narcissuses, and its Orpheuses borne by rosaries of angels, it gave rise to a whole misty alchemy wherein some found their way into esotericism and even into the religious, since the Universe was only the symbol of another world into which entrance was gained not only through poetry, spiritualism, dreams, and the Ideal, but also via the play of analogies and the study of ciphers. — Claude Arnaud

My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago. — Hafez Nazeri

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best. — Rex Stout

I challenge you to a duel! screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier. — Mikhail Bulgakov

While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious feelings. Some of the genes likely to be involved are those which control levels of different chemicals called neurotransmitters in the brain. — Robert Winston

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal. — Ryan Giggs

You cannot make a mistake, you can only make a decision that will be your next best step. — Neale Donald Walsch

The rich agricultural nations are the ones that can adapt to the new biotechnologies. — Craig Venter