“Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?” Quote by George Gershwin
“I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite cameos of perfection, and each one of them is as beautiful as its neighbor. Irving Berlin remains, I think, America's Schubert.” ThinkingWantBelieveAmericaBeautifulSongPerfectionRemainsNeighborSongwritersExquisiteBerlinGershwinCameosSchubert Author:George Gershwin
“Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.” ThinkingPersonsHappinessSacrificeLosingBusyMeaningfulToo BusyHappy Person Book:From Here to Maturity Source: From Here to Maturity
“Truth is a totality, the sum of many overlapping partial images. History, on the other hand, sacrifices totality in the interest of continuity.” HandsInterestSacrificeTruth IsContinuityTotalityOverlapping Author:Edmund Leach
“... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.” SoulBodyMovementHuman Body Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.” SeemsForceAliveDivinePainting Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.” TurnsHouseCities Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.” WholeTroubleMaterialsModelsWoodsDrawingExpensesCustomsArchitectContinuingPreparingTire Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in authority. Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained.” FirstsDoeStillsHardThreeTermHistoryGenerationsConditionsAuthorityFeaturesCharacteristicsRoughPartnershipExceedDynastyFerocityUncivilizedRural LifeThree Generations Author:Ibn Khaldun
“That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.” CapablePraiseHistoricalExpensesOne WomanHistorical Truth Author:Minna Antrim
“Those not present are always wrong.” Human ConditionAlways Wrong Author:Philippe Nericault Destouches