“Artists are people who are subject to irrational convictions of the sacred. Baudelaire said that an artist is a child who has acquired adult capacities and discipline. Art education should help build those capacities and that discipline without messing over the child.” PeopleShouldChildrenArtSaidHelpingArtistSubjectsDisciplineAdultsCapacitySacredConvictionInnocenceIrrationalArt EducationBaudelaire Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“History is in a manner a sacred thing, so far as it contains truth; for where truth is, the supreme Father of it may also be said to be, at least, inasmuch as concerns truth.” MaySaidFatherHistoryTruth IsConcernSacredSupremeSacred Things Author:Miguel de Cervantes
“Truth indeed is sacred; but, as Pilate said, "What is truth?" Show us the undoubted infallible criterion of absolute truth, and we will hold it as a sacred inviolable thing. But in the absence of that infallible criterion, we have all an equal right to grope about in our search of it, and no body and no school nor clique must be allowed to set up a standard of orthodoxy which shall bar the freedom of scientific inquiry.” SaidShowsBodySchoolEqualStandardsAbsolutesSacredAbsenceBarsInquiryCriteriaOrthodoxyInfallibleAbsolute TruthClique Author:William Stanley Jevons
“Planning a wedding is hell. Things are said. Doors are slammed. Quarrels about the most inconsequential things--yellow tablecloths or white? hors d'oeuvres set out on tables or passed around on trays?--are often pitched at such a level that it seems the combatants may never recover from them. Much of the anxiety, of course, is tribal. It is wrenching to have to open the sacred circle to admit an outsider.” MaySaidSeemsCoursesWhiteLevelsHellDoorsAnxietyTablesSacredCirclesPlanningYellowOutsidersQuarrelsInconsequentialTrays Author:Caitlin Flanagan
“Life is sacred? Who said so, God? Hey, if you read history you'll realize that God is one of the leading causes of death...has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, all taking turns killing each other because God told them it was a good idea.” IfsYearsHas BeensSaidIdeasChristianLife IsTurnsCausesRealizingSacredKillingJewHeyGood IdeasKilling Each OtherLeading Causes Author:George Carlin
“Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out against gay marriage. He said marriage is a sacred union between a groupie and any number of body builders.” SaidBodyNumbersGaySacredUnionsGay MarriageBuilderSchwarzeneggerGroupieAgainst Gay MarriageBody Builder Author:Bill Maher