"Better a dish of illusion and a hearty……" — Harry Allen Overstreet
"Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith."
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14 Quotes by Harry Allen Overstreet
Harry Allen Overstreet has 14 quotes on this site.
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Time the devourer of everything.
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The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
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Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a…
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The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has…
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If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences,…
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I may safely predict that the education of the future will be inventive-minded. It will believe so profoundly in the…
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The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can…
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Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is…
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A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human…
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Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play…
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Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.
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To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.
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More Appetite Quotes
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to…
— Joseph Addison
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
— Eli Broad
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To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her…
— James Buchan
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
— Lord Byron
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My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working…
— Kim Cattrall
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
— Emile M. Cioran
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion.
— Steve Winwood
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The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.
— Marty Neumeier
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I thought that conclusion that we leaped to right after the election, that has been disproven statistically so many times,…
— Steve King
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