Vishniac Archives Quotes & Sayings

Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they've done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesn't determine one's outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them. — Peggy McIntosh

In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book. — Andy Rooney

History has now been for the first time systematically considered, and has been found, like other phenomena, subject to invariable laws. — Auguste Comte

Life has a balance and natural order. I'm not fighting the flow anymore. My career right now is very up. It's happening naturally and it's happening well. — Irene Cara

Thou wouldst not enslave man by a miracle, and didst crave faith given freely, not based on miracle. Thou didst crave for free love and not the base raptures of the slave before the might that has overawed him for ever. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Everything matters, but nothing matters very much. — Kathleen Winsor

In Mathematics it is always best to cheat. — Herbert Wilf

I'm not an icon. Not even in America. — John Mayer

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes. — John Murray

The tango, by 1914, had been officially declared immoral, and dancers went through its showy steps under threat of being dragged off the floor to jail unless light was visible between the partners and they refrained from doing any demoralizing dance steps, like "snake-wiggling" at the shoulders. — Christine Wiltz

I had a great time working on 'The Gates,' and that was my first real experience doing supernatural television, working with the special effects and everything that goes into making a supernatural show. — Skyler Samuels

Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run. — Timothy Ferriss

Luck is what a capricious man believes in. — Benjamin Disraeli

This gentleman is cactus," said Doul. — China Mieville