#expression

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#almost #crime #desire #due #expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#glory #simplicity

I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose. ↗

— Paul Williams

#am #done #expressions #get #i

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.' ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#become #business #business world #create #different

I paint abstract expressions. ↗

— Billy Zane

#expressions #i #paint

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#entire #everything #expression #fabric #germ

When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.' ↗

— Dick Gregory

#boy #deal #expressions #i #insulting

Disease is a vital expression of the human organism. ↗

— Georg Groddeck

#expression #human #organism #vital

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#became #device #directing #expression #fascinated

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#defined #expression #gracefulness #harmony #inward