“God, immortality, duty - how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.” FirstsAtheismDutyThirdsAbsolutesPositive AtheismImmortalityUnbelievable Author:George Eliot
“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle: benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.” PeopleWantShouldMatterStatesPhilosophyUsePoliticalIndividualInterestCommunityPrinciplesDutyBenefitsThirdsPropertyClassicOwnersCrucialPolitical PhilosophySupervision Author:Adolf Hitler
“I don't finish a lot of the books I read. I get enormous pleasure from reading half f them, two-thirds of them, even incredibly good books. But I don't feel it's my duty to finish them. I read the last few pages and find out what happens at the end.” FeelsTwoBookEndsHappensLastsReadingPleasureHalfDutyPagesThirdsEnormousGood Book Author:Jackie French
“My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.” FeelsWritingFirstsIdeasCharacterLiteratureDutyThirdsCredibleGrippingYarn Author:David Brin