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Other Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.
- Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he…
- I get up every morning with a desire to do some creative work. This desire is made of the same stuff as the sexual desire,…
- People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should…
- As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men…
- There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They don't read to…
- In the half darkness I winked to my other self, my mad dictator, and congratulated him on his droll victory. I closed my eyes and…
- What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that…
- Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour