Rosengart Museum Quotes & Sayings

He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men. — Pythagoras

The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap. — Alexander Suvorov

I guess it's easy to dream about things that are abstract, or impossible. — Melissa Keil

There is a massive apparatus within the United States government that with complete secrecy has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal, and that is to destroy privacy and anonymity, not just in the United States, but around the world. — Glenn Greenwald

I don't get writer's block because I don't believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force your fingers to get something on the screen. — Janet Evanovich

When a movie comes out, I always go off on a beach so I miss all the craziness that goes on, all the hoopla, and the hype and the success, and how much it's making, or whether it's doing good or whether it's doing bad. I just miss it all. I don't talk to anybody, and a couple weeks later I come back and it's all over with. — George Lucas

My father was a trigamist; he supported three families. We were never not poor. — Junot Diaz

We live in a society created by an empire
That's based on terror ... welcome to the One World Era,
A complete interruption to your lil' paltry-ass life,
That you thought you was livin, and what you been given. — Coolio

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra. — Roland Joffe

Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them. — Kevin Brooks

The Good News is the gospel of Truth. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles. — Publilius Syrus

Have you stopped the trial?" the duchess said.
"Stopped the trial!" he expostulated. "My dear duchess, it would take the prince or God to stop this trial."
"They will have to settle for Lady Thornton," the dowager snapped. — Judith McNaught