M. C. Escher Quotes

My work is a game, a very serious game.

M. C. Escher

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: June 17, 1898 - March 27, 1972

Topics

WorkGameSeriousVery

I don't know... I don't think you can trust any of Kurt's characters. That's how Mr. Sutter operates: nothing is what it seems.

Jimmy Smits

TrustThinkYouKnowNothingSeems

Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and wealthy individuals like Warren Buffett can take advantage of it. We need to simplify and flatten the code, get rid of all the loopholes.

Joe J. Walsh

LookComplicatedTaxTake Advantage

I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration books.

Michael Foreman

ChildrenChildHouseOnlyBooksOur

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.

Mercedes McCambridge

MeCareerActingOutAgainstSpoken

It's not like I think: 'By the age of 40 I've got to be an international household name.' When the opportunity to perform comes up, then I'll take it. It's really good fun. But because I don't crave the attention or the buzz, it's not like I'm desperate for it.

Stephen Merchant

GoodAgeOpportunityFunThinkName

I lived my 'Mom' character. I became Devaki.

Sridevi

CharacterMomLivedBecame

While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

Stan Van Gundy

FreedomPeopleSpeechSeekIssues

We imagine going to the moon and planting a flag, going to an asteroid and mining, going to Mars and setting up a colony. And I think that expansionist mentality is very self-destructive, especially given the kind of precarious relationship we now have to the ecosystem here on Earth, because it allows us to imagine that Earth is disposable.

Trevor Paglen

RelationshipMoonThinkEarthKind

The mere fact that I'm former head of state and former under-secretary in the U.N. system, it means that I can get in touch with anybody in the world, in theory.

Martti Ahtisaari

WorldI CanTouchHeadSystemGet

To live is to feel oneself lost.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

LiveFeelLostOneself

I actually think, as unusual as it might sound, that working in the White House is an extraordinary life.

Cheryl Mills

LifeThinkHouseWhiteSound

I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.

Coolio

ThoughtMoreLittleGotFacesKids

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