quotes about Weak People

“There's no love without pain.”

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

“I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.”

“I think [H. P. Lovecraft] knew the whole gamut. He just didn't believe any of it! He probably liked to use the esoteric stuff because he knew it would tick people off and freak them out.”

“... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.”

“Marriage takes your whole heart; selfish people can't pull it off.”

“When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.”

“Every vivid memory holds some essential truth about your vision of the world”

Source : Kim Stafford (2012). “The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft”, p.72, University of Georgia Press

“Mel [ Bochner] held large-form meetings with students. But the stronger points came through when we had the one-on-one critiques. And that's the system that works at Yale. There's the group critiques, and then there's the one-on-one critiques that happen in studio.”