“The lower classes of men, though they do not think it worthwhile to record what they perceive, nevertheless perceive everything that is worth noting; the difference between them and a man of learning often consists in nothing more than the latter's facility for expression.” ThinkingMenDifferencesClassRecordsExpressionObservationPerceiveLatterWorthwhileNeverthelessFacilityLower Class Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions from the oblivion to which a want of records would consign them, and that men should feel a dread of being considered infamous in the opinions of posterity, from their depraved expressions and base actions.” MenWantFeelsShouldActionOpinionHistoryRecordsExpressionOfficeChiefsDreadVirtuousRescueOblivionPosterityInfamousDepraved Author:Tacitus
“If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as an asset to the family name, but they have a gift for remembering your gawky period privately, the follies and faults you committed and have forgotten. You may have come up in the world with a laurel on your brow, but if you go back home forty years later wearing two laurels on your brow, and a noble expression, they will miss the point.” IfsWorldYearsMayTwoHomeRememberNamesWishFamilyRecordsMissingExpressionMaterialsProudPeriodsRelationFaultsForgottenCome UpCommittedNobleAppealsFollyFortyAssetsBe ProudBack HomeBrowsLaurelsProud Of YouFamily Name Author:Corra May Harris
“People who listen to my records expect the ballads from me. The rock 'n roll is on there because it's another mode of expression.” PeopleRecordsRocksExpressionRock N RollBallads Author:Dan Fogelberg
“There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFirstsFoundWaitingRecordsReadyExpressionAgreeTrackImpressionSpectacularBetter WaysFirst ImpressionTrack Record Author:Simon Cowell
“To me photography can be simultaneously a record and a mirror or window of self-expression.” SelfRecordsExpressionPhotographyWindowMirrorsSelf Expression Author:Eikoh Hosoe