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The photo-journalist and the photo-poet are both important. The problem is to separate the major objectives of the various groups and not to attribute qualities and intentions where they do not belong.

The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling - a homely fancy, but I judged it to be sugar-candy; yet to my raised imagination, divested of its homelier qualities, it appeared a glorified candy.

The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.

The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform man into a thing, something animate into something inanimate, since by complete and absolute control the living loses one essential quality of life - freedom.

The point with Buddhism is that it doesn't just tell you to be good, it tells you how. It doesn't just say, "Don't be angry," it shows us the methods to help us not to be angry. It gives techniques for everything that it advises us to cultivate, and all the negative qualities we need to overcome and transform.

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

The post-war "publish or perish" tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. [...] One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.

The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.

The price of freedom keeps going up, but the quality keeps deteriorating.

The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

The problem of the food price is structural. The growth of demand cannot be checked in that it is coming from middle income countries demanding more quality and more quantity of food. High demand is here to stay.

The problem to me with environmentalism is the idea that we're all gonna die and we need to save ourselves. I don't think it's necessarily the right way to go about it, because I think we need to really just improve our every moment and improve our quality of life. And that will, sort of by default, save us.

the psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life ... requires yieldingness, generosity, sympathy, altruism, tenderness-all the qualities, in fact, which lead straight to bankruptcy. ... the American family is tragically out of gear with the profit structure which has mushroomed up around it.

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms

The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

The qualities of a second-rate writer can easily be defined, but a first-rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first-rate.

The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

The quality of a person's life does not depend on the circumstances of his life as much as the attitude with which he faces those circumstances.

The quality of a society will be judged by what the least privileged in it achieves.

The quality of events surrounding you in any given moment in time may be reflecting specific beliefs that you hold in that moment of time.

The quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers.

The quality of a restaurant's food is inversely proportioned to the amount of fun its staff seems to be having.

The quality of life in our world does not depend on the conflicts that arise, but on our response to them.

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens.

The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it's members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

The quality and success of Disney was actually bad for us animators because everyone on the planet thought that animation was only for kids and only in a certain domain. The big film festivals never thought much about animated films.

The quality of an idea does not depend on its altitude in the organization...An idea can be from any source. So we will search the globe for ideas. We will share what we know with others to get what they know. We have a constant quest to raise the bar, and we get there by constantly talking to others.

The quality of any creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever is in charge.

The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired and motivated, directly and indirectly, with his living standard and lifestyle.

The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.

The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.

The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.

The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.

The quality of our journalism will make or break our industry, not the recession.

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Brian Jones and the rest.