Spectator Quotes

192 Spectator quotes by 166 unique authors

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life. — Oscar Wilde
To have lost is less disturbing than to wonder if we may possibly have won; and Eustacia could now, like other people at such a… — Thomas Hardy
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting… — Marcel Duchamp
As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake. — Hannah Arendt
It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. — Oscar Wilde
Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can… — Ansel Adams
God bless the American spectator. — Charlaine Harris
Essentially, perspective is a form of abstraction. It simplifies the relationship between eye, brain and object. It is an ideal view, imagined as being seen… — Robert Hughes
For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport. — Paul Krugman
Faites de beaux rÃªves, monsieur," she called as she put out the light. Switters had always loved that expression, "Make fine dreams." In contrast to… — Tom Robbins
You know, small children take it as a matter of course that things will change every day and grown-ups understand that things change sooner or… — Stephen King
To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world,… — Charles Baudelaire
Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human race… — Peter Weiss
You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call… — Laurie Faria Stolarz
When you are born without the ordinary feelings and emotions shared by most other human beings, life looks different to you. It seems at times… — Boyd Rice
I have always been a spectator of life, you know, never a participant. Never. But now I am. Today I am, and I an awed… — Mary Balogh
Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not… — Aime Cesaire
Sometimes I feel that I am destined always to be offstage whenever the main action occurs. That God has made me the victim of some… — Jonathan Coe
I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport. — Jeff Lindsay

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