With copious evidence ranging from Plato’s haughtiness to Beethoven’s tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould Read Quote
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. Harry Emerson Fosdick Read Quote
By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation: those of the politician, the salesman or the charlatan… In other words, it forfeits its own evolutionary potential. Joseph Brodsky Read Quote
Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think. Karl G. Maeser Read Quote
Whenever I’m waiting behind the stage, it’s kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance. Jackie Evancho Read Quote
In ‘Raabta’ I’ve two personalities to project, and yes, there are distinct shades of grey. Jim Sarbh Read Quote
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. William S. Burroughs Read Quote