quotes about Long Time

“Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.”

Source : Paul de Man (2013). “Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism”, p.163, Routledge

“No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.”

“And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.”

“I hate optimism out of insensitivity.”

“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2008). “Half of a Yellow Sun”, p.283, Anchor

“How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds.”

Source : "Zsa Zsa Gabor Loved Diamonds Like These" by Rachel Garrahan, www.nytimes.com. December 01, 2017.

“Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.”

“I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.”

Source : Michael Faraday (2016). “The Chemical History of a Candle”, p.89, Library of Alexandria

“Revenge proves it's own executioner.”

“Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.”