Denys Arcand Quotes

#1. There in the midst of German life is an alien and isolated race of men. Loud and self-conscious in their dress, hot-blooded and restless in their manner. An Asiatic horde on the sandy plains of Prussia. Forming among themselves a close corporation, rigorously shut off from the rest of the world.

Walther Rathenau

#2. If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts, that is true observation of the precepts.

Shunryu Suzuki

#3. No man suffers injustice without learning,
vaguely but surely, what justice is.

Isaac Rosenfeld

#4. Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it

Mary Midgley

#5. Statistics is the branch of scientific method which deals with the data obtained by counting or measuring the properties of populations of natural phenomena.

Maurice Kendall

#6. Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.'
'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

Evelyn Waugh

#7. I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world ... perhaps you've seen it.

Steven Wright

#8. If we believe in the rebirth of our civilization ... then clearly this renaissance must begin in the chambers of our own hearts ... We cannot wait for society to change, or for our institutions to be renewed. We, as individuals, must assume responsibility for our own personal transformation.

Georg Feuerstein

#9. I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits.

Thomas Middleditch

#10. Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.

Henry David Thoreau

#11. Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

Adam Grant

#12. Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.

George Eliot

#13. But Dad looked delighted. My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?

Gayle Forman