Oswald Spengler Quotes

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Oswald Spengler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 29, 1880 - May 8, 1936

Topics

LifeLivePurposeProudPossibleUs

I cannot write if there is a sense of plenitude. I have to hypothesize that there is a loss.

Andre Aciman

LossWriteSenseCannot

My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music.

John Zorn

MusicTogetherSoloUpImprovisation

I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus too much on where it's coming from, because we're always listening to music.

Johnny Christ

MusicFocusListeningPlaceToo Much

Every time one can write a self-deluded song, you are way ahead of the game, way ahead. Self-delusion is the basis of nearly all the great scenes in all the great plays, from 'Oedipus' to 'Hamlet.'

Stephen Sondheim

GreatTimeSongGameYouWay

Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

Sophia Bush

LifeLife Is Too ShortWineShort

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

PeopleThinkHouseKnowWhyLeave

I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.

Tori Amos

PeopleKnowSometimesFantasyAbout

When new technology in the classroom starts happening, some people get very excited and think of it as a panacea. It attracts very high amounts of money; it raises expectations, and those expectations aren't met.

Mitch Kapor

TechnologyMoneyPeopleThinkNew

It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.

Luciano Pavarotti

WorkWorldThinkFakeYouAnything

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

Dick Gephardt

PurposeHelpSecurityNeedEconomy

I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

Kesha

RockThroughRollVeinsPumping

In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.

Gza

WritingGameStoryYouChessBring

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