A.R. Von Quotes

Most imitators attempt the inimitable.

Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.

Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.

No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.

The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

Those whom we support hold us up in life.

It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

There are women who love their husbands as blindly, as enthusiastically, and as enigmatically as nuns their cloister.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.

Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.

Not every great man is a grand human being.

Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair.

When art find no temple open, it takes refuge in the workshop.

Many priceless things can be bought.

Many a truth is the result of an error.

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Runners are poor walkers.

New happiness too must be learned to bear.

An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy

Filming is repetition and many takes

Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.

Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.

Politics is no exact science.