Constant Nieuwenhuys Famous Quotes & Sayings
14 Constant Nieuwenhuys Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer.— Gore Vidal
Some people call me a publicity hound.— Joe Arpaio
What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness and security, to toil, to place himself in danger, even to risk a reasonable certainty of death? It dawned upon me up there in the moon as a thing I ought always to have known, that man is not made simply to go about being safe and comfortable and well fed and amused. Against his interest, against his happiness he is constantly being driven to do unreasonable things. Some force not himself impels him and go he must.— H.G.Wells
MAN IS THE MAKER OF HIS DESTINY— O.S.Marden
(Doctors) collectively have done more to block adequate medical care for people of this country than any other single group.— Jimmy Carter
When you make a film that is based in reality, reality will come up all around it.— Mario Van Peebles
I think this was a nice idea we had in this country and a nice landscape to experiment with. But I think there comes a time in almost any experimentation or idea, where you have to evaluate it, maybe our time has come. In the context of the real world, not just the American world but all around, we haven't done too well. We are not a very good advertisement for the idea we represented. If you lose one wheel of the car, you might be able to get to the side of the road, and some freaks can make it on two, but if you lose three, man, you're in serious trouble. I think we've lost three.— Hunter S. Thompson
A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge must start with the assumption that there are spheres of thought in which it is impossible to conceive of absolute truth existing independently of the values and position of the subject and unrelated to the social context.— Karl Mannheim
A humble heart is a great help towards profitably hearing the gospel.— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, Man, I wish I had your willpower.— Rodney Dangerfield
Having said her peace, Fiona— J.K. Brighton
But basically courage is risking the known for the unknown, the familiar for the unfamiliar, the comfortable for the uncomfortable, arduous pilgrimage to some unknown destination. One never knows whether one will be able to make it or not. It is gambling, but only the gamblers know what life is. THE— Osho
I got into acting so that I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start off with someone with two legs, who'd smile at me and look soft.— Dustin Hoffman
Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.— Martin Puryear
