Facts Quotes - Page 37

• It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?

  Vincent Massey

  Government, Democracy, Today

  "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.

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• The Soul is a fact, but it is not physical. ... Survivors of near-death experiences attest that some part of them apparently detaches from their physical bodies following the death of the body, but while that is proof of the soul for them, it does not prove it to us. The Soul is like divine music that only God can hear; it is the force of endless resurrection; the soul is like a fire that never goes out.

  Caroline Myss

  Fire, Soul, Doe

  "Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul". Book by Caroline Myss, 2007.

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• In the early days the Cubism' method of grasping an object was to go round and round it. The Futurists declared that one had to get inside it. In my opinion the two views can be reconciled in a poetic cognition of the world. But to the very fact that they appealed to the creative depths in the painter by awakening in him hidden forces which were intuitive and vitalizing, the Futurist theories did more than the Cubist principles to open up unexplored and boundless horizons.

  Gino Severini

  Views, Two, Creative

  "Letters of the great artists" by Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, (p. 248), 1963.

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• There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

  Gao Xingjian

  Simple, Layers, Superficial

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• In the century that has just passed, many of the intellectual elite went mad. It was as if, with the death of God, everyone suddenly turned into a saviour who wanted either to annihilate the obsolete world order or to establish a utopia. Naturally, there were writers among those who went mad. The fact that they had knowledge did not exempt intellectuals: there is madness everywhere. When one loses control over one's self, the result is madness.

  Gao Xingjian

  Self, Order, Mad

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• We're hip to the fact that Superman never saved no black people. You got that?

  Bobby Seale

  People, Black, Hips

  Bobby Seale (1978). “A Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale”, Crown

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• It is a melancholy but an undoubted fact, that, even in the most thriving countries, part of the population annually dies of mere want. Not that all who perish from want absolutely die of hunger; though this calamity is of more frequent occurrence than is generally supposed.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  Country, Population, Want

  Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.331

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• The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  People, Temptation, Administration

  Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.487

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• The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.

  Bernard Crick

  Destruction, Relevant

  Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.125, A&C Black

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• When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is a privilege for foreigners to lend to it, and a deluded country that believes that foreigners will continue to accumulate US debt until the end of time. The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Country, Believe, America

  "The Collapse of American Power". www.counterpunch.org. March 18, 2008.

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• A word says more than a thousand images. Exercises for the visually inclined: illustrate "appreciation", "humor", "software", "education", "inalienable rights", "elegance", "fact".

  Erik Naggum

  Appreciation, Exercise, Rights

  Re: Emacs inferior to XEmacs? (Usenet article), groups.google.com. November 8, 1996.

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• I'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should.

  Erik Naggum

  Stupid, People, Should

  Re: A draft business plan for free software LISP vendors (Usenet article), groups.google.com. March 7, 1999.

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• I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is now or will eventually be wrong - but it can and should speak about the relevance and ranking of facts and observations.

  Erik Naggum

  Philosophy, Doe, World

  "Philosophy of Lisp programmers". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. June 22, 2002.

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• Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihood and had gotten into a fix they couldn't get out of - because they had accepted the unacceptable to begin with. Accepting something you have to form a labor union to fight after the fact only tells me that people were acting against their own best (or even good) interests for a long time. I don't see any rational, coherent explanation for this sort of behavior in humans, but it's all over the place.

  Erik Naggum

  Fighting, Long, People

  "Source access vs dynamism". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. August 28, 1999.

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• I was always fascinated by the fact that you could take paper and ink and create worlds, images, characters. It seemed like magic.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Writing, Character, Magic

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• Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a labyrinth of a story with four different points of entry. But what interested me was creating something that would rearrange itself every time you read one of the other books. So depending on which order you read them, the implications and angles would change. To get that right, each one of the books had to have its own personality and texture -- even though they are connected, they are very different creatures.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Book, Order, Creating

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• Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Mistake, Men, Thinking

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2012). “The Prisoner of Heaven: A Novel”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind. The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.

  Titian

  Art, Essence, Giving

  "The Quotable Artist". Book by Peggy Hadden, p. 71, 2002.

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• Art, in fact, can be nothing but violence, cruelty and injustice.

  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

  Art, Violence, Injustice

  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (2016). “The Manifesto of Futurism”, p.9, Passerino Editore

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• Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping economic development.

  Zhou Shengxian

  Stopping, Development, Environment

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• I was motivated by the fact that I wasn't happy with my play in this series and felt accountable to the guys. That's enough motivation to want to play well.

  Ray Emery

  Motivation, Play, Guy

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• There are details within details within details to anchor you in the fact that we are talking about the real world, not an illustrated children's book fantasy world.

  Joe Rohde

  Children, Real, Book

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• I did not get to where I am in life by being weak and allowing others, who are weak, try and 'break' me. These men are in fact powerless cowards hiding behind an honorable badge and I will not stop until justice has been served.

  Stephanie Adams

  Men, Justice, Coward

  Stephanie Adams (2008). “Goddessy: 2010 Astrological Photo Calendar”, p.32, Lulu.com

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• What is doing the damage is the fact that the U.K. is pulling in more imports, which shows the continued strength of the economy and the strength of sterling.

  Adam Cole

  Damage, Economy, Importance

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• We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is necessary to insist, to have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals, however often it may be the case that our ideals are impracticable.

  Susan Stebbing

  Thinking, May, Realizing

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