C. L. R. James Quotes
The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things.
The early sense of self-similarity as an organizing principle came from the limitations on the human experience of scale.
The pits and tangles are more than blemishes distorting the classic shapes of Euclidian geometry. They are often the keys to the essence of a thing
Self-similarity is symmetry across scale. It implies recursion, pattern inside of pattern.
I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
Me, personally. I do not know a soul who perished that day of 9/11. But it did then, does now, and I imagine it always will bring out the Patriot in me.
Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything bad about it.
So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for him if he'll drop around.
35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give it.
The Beatitudes correspond to the Decalogue, with blessings in lieu of the forbidden.
I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.
Perhaps that is why we love life so much, Anjin-san. You see, we have to. Death is part of our air and see and earth.
Do you thinking not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?"--Robert Redford from the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor
Judicial activism, by definition, is a term applied to judges who render decisions with which you disagree.
Unspeakable feelings need to find expression in words. However... verbalization of very intense feelings may be a difficult task.
There, in the Levantine crossroads between Europe, Africa, and Asia, the sovereign nation of Israel would exemplify what right looks like.
Don't complain it's too cold now if you also intend to whine about how hot it is when summer comes. It's just hypocritical.
They Were all clad in the same uniform of misery and filth. For all of time, for all of eternity
To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.
It is an odd thing that you can easily get millions of pounds for weapons to destroy life, but it is exceedingly difficult to get thousands for weapons to preserve it.
The optimist sees the doughnut but the pessimist see 452 calories and a shed load of sugar ...
I'm sorry you lost the suit, ' he said.She shrugged.'At this point, it was mostly a metaphor anyway, ' she said...
As the tides of life rise and fall, life is constant, like the waves crashing upon the shore. Persistence is the key in high and low times…
They say hell is other people. I believe that. But what I didn’t know until now is so can heaven be.
You desire the end but close your eyes to the means. You want the garden to be beautiful, provided that the smell of manure is kept well away from your fastidious nose.
Like a turnip such a head could be blown away very easily. For where a man was weak, a woman has unmanned him. It would be a mercy to blow such a man away.
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live after he's died, then maybe he was a great man. Immortality is the only true success.
We're famous" iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him."So's Swine Flu" Fang whispered back.
The worst thing that can happen to us is that our wings melt and we fall into the sea.
it’s funny how I’m encouraged to go to school so much, but I’ve learned more valuable things on google then from school.
The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality.
Even in that difficult hour when he knew death was imminent, he never indulged in self-pity. He knew intuitively that a person is only a victim if he accepts himself as one.
It has been my observation that whatever a person hungers for, Satan will appear to offer in exchange for a spiritual compromise.
As you search for a person, place, or thing, be prepared to continue your quest, should the end result not yield your desired outcome. Enjoy the process and you’ll avoid disappointment…!
All is good. Don't worry, the pain will help you. You'll get into some trouble, but it will work out in the end.
Right and wrong stood for him as immutable as the two poles. He had never wandered in that twilight country where the nuances of evil and good cast their perplexing shadows.
You know, ” Naomi said, “if you’re looking at hundreds of people burning to death as a problem solving itself, that may be more evidence that you’re on wrong side.
Hair of the dog and to keep me company I made a drink.
I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly.