“Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid.” PhilosophyYoungPhilosophicalScholarHobbiesImmoralitySuperbHarshness Book:The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
“At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd” IfsKnowsFeelsHas BeensPoetryHighestLikesInstanceOddPoetry IsPolishDoubtfulSuperb Author:Walt Whitman
“Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.” MaySeemsSufferingQualityToo MuchDefeatNobleExcessRestraintElephantsExhibitionsSuperb Book:This Simian World Source: This Simian World
“I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film.” FilmFansHorrorMassiveThrillersSuperbHopkins Author:David Ginola
“You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by page into the fire. You just don't do that. You send it out. You have to send it out.” KnowsWritingNovelFirePagesCavesGreat AmericanSuperb Author:Theodore Sturgeon