
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Sobre o tema da tortura, em uma carta a Louis Alexandre Berthier (11 Novembro 1798), publicado em Correspondance Napoleon editado por Henri Plon (1861), Vol. V, N ° 3606, p. 128
Fonte: Napoleon Quotes http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France#Quotes
Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.
Fonte: "The Unfinished Country: A Book of American Symbols"; Por Max Lerner; Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 1959; Original da Universidade de Michigan; Digitalizado pela 23 out. 2006; 733 páginas books.google http://books.google.com/books?id=ogMcAAAAMAAJ&, página 122
“Não são as tragédias que nos matam, são as confusões.”
It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.
Dorothy Parker in her own words - página 80, Dorothy Parker, Barry Day - Taylor Trade Pub., 2004, ISBN 1589790715, 9781589790711 - 203 páginas
“Mesmo meus fracassos ganham dinheiro e se tornam clássicos um ano depois que os faço.”
Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
citado em "Halliwell's filmgoer's companion: incorporating The filmgoer's book of quotes and Halliwell's movie quiz" - página 341, Leslie Halliwell - Grafton, 1988, ISBN 0246133228, 9780246133229 - 786 páginas
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“A superstição é filha da ignorância e mãe da miséria.”
Superstition is the child of ignorance and the mother of misery.
The works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Volume 4 - página 296, Robert Green Ingersoll - C.P. Farrell, 1901
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
discurso de posse (4 de Março de 1933)
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter
citado em "How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life" - Página 16 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=lSJIngvkCsAC&pg=PA16, Pat Williams, Jim Denney - HCI, 2004, ISBN 0757302319, 9780757302312 - 400 páginas
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - Página 134; de Richard Bach - Publicado por Delacorte Press, 1977 ISBN 0440043182, 9780440043188 - 143 páginas
Ilusões: As aventuras de um Messias Indeciso
“O vento e as ondas estão sempre a favor do navegador habilidoso.”
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire - Vol. IV, Página 345 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=joUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA345, de Edward Gibbon - Publicado por Harper & brothers, 1841
The time has come to take the syringe out of the hand of the doctor, as the pen was taken out of the band of the scribe during the Reformation in Europe.
Most curable sickness can now be diagnosed and treated by laymen. People find it so difficult to accept this statement because the complexity of medical ritual has hidden from them the simplicity of its basic procedures.
Retooling society 111 - página 2-36, Ivan Illich - Centro Intercultural de Documentation, 1973
The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too. When there is private ownership of the means of production everywhere and when laws, the tribunals and the administration treat foreigners and citizens on equal terms, it is of little importance where a country's frontiers are drawn.
Omnipotent Government : The Rise of the Total State and Total War (1944)
The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
citado em "Pearls of Wisdom : A Harvest of Quotations From All Ages" (1987) por Jerome Agel and Walter D. Glanze, p. 46
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“A verdade vem como conquistador apenas porque nós perdemos a arte de recebe-la como hóspede.”
Fonte: The Fourfold Way of India (1924)
Fonte: Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life (1916)
“O teísta e o cientista são intérpretes rivais da natureza, um recua enquanto o outro avança.”
The Existence of God, p. 84
“Ernest Gellner, um proeminente sociólogo da vida muçulmana.”
In the path of God, 1983