#longs

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

#artist #beautiful #belongs #discovers #diverse

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#alone #annihilation #any #believing #belongs

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God. ↗

— Rodney King

#get #god #hard #him #i

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream. ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#actually #being #dream #game #going

Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them. ↗

— Pierre Trudeau

#canada #canadians #country #feel #home

Obviously Mad TV, SNL are one kind of show, whereas The State belongs to the kind of show that is entirely conceived written and performed by a set group that existed before the TV show. ↗

— David Wain

#belongs #conceived #entirely #existed #group

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone. ↗

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#absolute truth #alone #belongs #thee #truth

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#also #because #choice #culture #days

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. ↗

— John Sculley

#before #belongs #future #obvious #possibilities

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#both #during #elections #establishment #i