#ape

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a revolt of the poor peasants in Western Europe might break out at any moment! ↗

— Herman Gorter

#assemblies #break #communist #europe #even

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#camel #dog #eighty #fifty #forty

For the next three plus years, I really was not in creative shape. That part of my brain was not functioning. ↗

— Lou Gramm

#creative #functioning #i #next #part

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#art #between #black #charcoal #expression

I think it's a shame that we have 'Bild' like you have the 'Sun'. Now serious newspapers like 'FAZ' and 'Spiegel' use a bit of the tone of 'Bild.' This is terrible. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#i #i think #like #newspapers #now

The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet. ↗

— Macy Gray

#carpet #deep #floor #house #i

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches. ↗

— Frederick The Great

#escape #know #made #man #me

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#develop #did #escape #fact #harsh

I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape. ↗

— Benny Green

#get #hobbies #i #listen #lot

I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper. ↗

— Julien Green

#equilibrium #exaggerating #i #i am #ink