Facts Quote by Paul Eldridge

God help us! it is a foolish little thing, this human life, at the best; and it is half ridiculous and half pitiful to…

— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

After all, we did not invent symbolism; it is a universal age-old activity of the human imagination.

— Sigmund Freud

Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are…

— John Donne

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.

— Gene Wolfe

Let me arrest thy thoughts, wonder with me, Why ploughing, building, ruling and the rest, Or most of those arts, whence our lives are…

— John Donne

“Our century is so shallow, its desires scattered so widely, our knowledge so encyclopedic, that we are absolutely unable to focus our designs on…

— Nikolai Gogol

“You want this thing, this dragonsoul, for sentimental purposes. Because you can't let go of the glory days, or you long for a memento.…

— Danielle Bennett

Early man recognised these lines of force and marked them out on the landscape with, well, any old thing, really standing stones, ditches, mounds,…

— Stephen R. Lawhead

“Drawn crudely in the dust of three window-panes were a swastika, a hammer and sickle, and the Stars and Stripes. I had drawn the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to…

— Sherri Saum

“These letters and words, when placed in the right order, would conjure all manner of exotic beasts and people from the shadows, would reveal…

— Neil Gaiman

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for…

— Martin Rees