Doe Quotes - Page 320

When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.

What each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but on pictures made by himself or given to him...

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy.

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.

The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing only that he does not transgress the laws of probability.

Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.

It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?

Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity.

We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.

The person who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the person who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.

The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.

It does the heart good to look at you.

Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

We're facing a danger that economics is rigorous deduction based upon faulty assumptions. Science after science gets that way from time to time. When it does, we're in real trouble.

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.

Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

What right does the West have to constantly criticize Russia? There are a few things about the West that I don't like either. But I am not constantly pointing my finger and criticizing things that are a country's internal affairs.

Of course, nobody does [want another Cuban Missile Crisis].

Brazil does have every right to develop its own peaceful nuclear programme.

Russia is a very reliable and big market. I don't remember the figure but, for example, the German machine-building industry has been increasing its supplies to Russia every year. These supplies are huge. Does someone want to discontinue these supplies? We'll buy from somebody else.

We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not allow us to develop the full range of our relations. Therefore, we will naturally strive to sign this treaty.

I often heard the same question: What place does Russia reserve for itself in the world; how does it see itself; what is its place? We are a peace-loving state and we want to cooperate with all of our neighbors and with all of our partners.