Velleius Paterculus Quotes & Sayings

We who have lived long under the Shadow may surely listen to echoes from a land untroubled by it? — J.R.R. Tolkien

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam. — J.R.R. Tolkien

When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. "Do they expect students not to be anarchists?" he said. "What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up — Ursula K. Le Guin

There is rarely a creative man who does not have to pay a high price for the divine spark of his great gifts ... the human element is frequently bled for the benefit of the creative element. — Carl Jung

People are always going to assume I got my roles because of my father. There's not much I can do about that. He and I talk about the business sometimes, but he's my dad. — Spencer Grammer

It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at. — Don DeLillo

The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully. — William Kirby

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear. — Pras Michel

Get involved and learn how to recognise a story happening in front of you. Learn how to ask questions and be curious. That's probably my biggest piece of advice. — Jill Douglas

For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an 'ism becomes so involved in reaction against other 'isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities. — John Dewey

Observe more, do less.
Do less, enjoy more. — Magda Gerber

Of these years nought remains in memory but the sad feeling that we have advanced and only grown older. — Max Muller