“The trouble is that no devastating or redeeming fires have ever burnt in my life.... My life began by flickering out.” Quote by Ivan Goncharov
“The genius of America is production; and a large percentage of our productive enterprises are headed by men who have come up from the worker's bench.” MenAmericaGeniusWorkersCome UpProductionsEnterpriseProductivePercentagesBenches Author:William S. Knudsen
“It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony. This opinion has found expression in the distinction between culture and civilization, according to which "culture" refers to some higher dimension of human autonomy and fulfillment, while "civilization" designates the realm of necessity, of socially necessary work and behavior, where man is not really himself and in his own element but is subject to heteronomy, to external conditions and needs.” IfsMenNeedsHumansValuesCultureFoundOpinionConditionsSubjectsPolicyExpressionHigherCivilizationBehaviorElementsHarmonyInstitutionsFulfillmentRealmsDimensionsDistinctionAutonomy Author:Herbert Marcuse
“Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.” RealMatterSeemsTodayPrinciplesCostReal LifeCompromise Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.” NeedsFacesForcePowerfulCompromiseChampionGreedyPersistentPernicious Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“If I say something that ends up on the front page of Drudge, I haven't done it right.” IfsEndsDoneFrontsHavensPages Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.” IfsEndsCountryLeftPresidentCasesOur LivesOfficeHighestMarkLifetimeCurrentsEsteemOur CountryJudgedFranklinNelsonPublic OfficePresident George W Bush Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.” OpportunityProductsPrivilege Author:Edward Heath
“I'm very sensitive. Because my mum was my primary emotional caregiver growing up, I found myself being pinned into dresses, darting her dresses, choosing her high heels for the evening or what to wear. I'm very much a mommy's boy.” FoundBoysGrowing UpGrowingEmotionalDressesEveningPrimariesSensitiveHeelsMumHigh HeelsCaregivers Author:Tom Hardy
“Most works of art are effectively treated as commodities and most artists, even when they justly claim quite other intentions, areeffectively treated as a category of independent craftsmen or skilled workers producing a certain kind of marginal commodity.” KindArtArtistCertainClaimsIndependentIntentionWorkersTreatedWorks Of ArtCategoriesCommodityCraftsmanSkilled Workers Author:Raymond Williams