Spectatoritis Quotes & Sayings

As a human being on Earth, you can't imagine friendship not being important in some other solar system or some other planet, or some other context of beings that are conscious. We even see it in animals. It is important for people on Earth to reach out or reach into someone. — Steve Martin

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections. — Saint Ignatius

What happened in the virtual world, where beauty existed for the purpose of being hated and besmirched, was more compelling than what happened in the real world, where beauty seemed to have no purpose at all. — Jonathan Franzen

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input. — Gary Clark Jr.

There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called spiritual death. — Kurt Hahn

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Hope is a form of conscious dream making — Kilroy J. Oldster

They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine. — Michael Heseltine

Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest. — George Will

My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere. — John Barrymore

Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep and really believe in what you're doing. If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is. — Annabella Sciorra

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps — Steven Wright

There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy. — Niccolo Machiavelli