Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page
|
Quotation Search
To search for quotations, enter a phrase to search for in the quotation, a whole or partial
author name, or both. Also specify the collections to search in below. See the
Search Instructions for details.
- The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in the void by making use of preconceived theories...Archaeology, then, does not supply us with certitudes, but rather with vague hypotheses. And in the shade of these hypotheses some artists are content to dream, considering them less as scientific facts than as sources of inspiration.
- Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), Poetics of Music in the Form - Six Lessons
- Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.
- George Lucas (1944 - ), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
- Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle. Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), Translation of letter to Hermann Huth, December 27, 1930
- Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.
- Cheris Kramarae, and Paula Treichler
- Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.
- Joan Baez (1941 - ), Sexism Seen but not Heard, Los Angeles Times, 1974
- Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.
- Paul Rand, 1997
- Justice is truth in action.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- in the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.
- Pierre Corrielle, la Mort de Pompee
- I love treason but hate a traitor.
- Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC)
Can't find what you're looking for? Try browsing our list of quotations by subject..
|