Landauer Metropolitan Quotes

#1. The abstract is no more than an instrument, an organ, to see the concrete clearly.

Jose Ortega Y Gasset

#2. I'm fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#3. When all thoughts
Are exhausted
I slip into the woods
And gather
A pile of shepherd's purse.
Like the little stream
Making its way
Through the mossy crevices
I, too, quietly
Turn clear and transparent.

Ryokan

#4. To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Rita Mae Brown

#5. Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

Chauncey Wright

#6. Thai society rarely attempts to control literature in the same way that it vigilantly polices visual art. It's ironic because people in this society are more aware of literature than they are of art.

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

#7. If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor a priest, I never censor what others do. Neither a philospher nor a psychiatrist, I never bother trying to analyze or resolve my fears and neuroses

Federico Fellini

#8. Remember that although they may speak a different language, they are still the same kind of people as the folks you know at home, have the same mental processes, are just as kindly and just as friendly. Remember that, quit talking and start over again - in pantomime.

Wally Byam

#9. My mother phones daily to ask, "Did you just try to reach me?" When I reply no, she adds, "So, if you're not too busy, call me while I'm still alive," ... and hangs up.

Erma Bombeck

#10. If you don't have personal goals, you're controlled by those who do.

Garrison Wynn

#11. Today the order of life allows no room for the ego to draw spiritual or intellectual conclusions. The thought which leads to knowledge is neutralized and used as a mere qualification on specific labor markets and to heighten to commodity value of the personality.

Theodor W. Adorno

#12. Humor is not an unconditional virtue; its moral character depends on its object. To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to laugh at the good, is a hideous vice. Too often, humor is used as the camouflage of moral cowardice.

Ayn Rand

#13. Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.

Diana Wynne Jones

#14. My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while.

Clint Eastwood