"In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads……" — Wyndham Lewis
"In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of freedom, like a bastard brother of reform."
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45 Quotes by Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis has 45 quotes on this site.
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A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.
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No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a…
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When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect:…
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Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a…
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As a result of the feminist revolution, feminine becomes an abusive epithet.
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If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and…
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Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this…
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Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.
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Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary…
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Art is the expression of an enormous preference.
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But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—that is essential! Let me have silence so that…
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What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island?
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More Bastard Quotes
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing.…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as…
— Rachel Cusk
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
— Thomas Moore
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb…
— George S. Patton
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
— George S. Patton
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Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a…
— Francis Quarles
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the…
— Babe Ruth
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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
— John Steinbeck
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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have…
— John Steinbeck
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But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy.…
— Stuart Symington
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See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be…
— Linus Torvalds
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