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F. L. Lucas Quotes

The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.

F. L. Lucas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: english
Birth: 1894 - 1967

Topics

Nature Art Men Tired World Turn

If you look at 'Mad Men,' it's set in the wrong decade. The style of Mad Men is really the 1950s, not the 1960s.

Jerry Della Femina

Style Men You Look Mad Wrong

Step one of Street View was to get the pictures in place - in a few short years, we've gotten used to the idea that nearly any place on earth can now be visited as a set of images on Google.

John Battelle

Step Short View Earth Pictures Now

Risk management systems and controls may discourage or limit certain revenue-generating opportunities. Failure to ensure the independence of these functions from the revenue generators and risk takers has been shown to be dangerous, and this is something for which the board is accountable.

Jerome Powell

Failure Management Opportunities Risk

I'm not tied to any particular political line.

John Hewson

Political Line Tied Any Particular

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Man You Say Whatever Forgive May

Certainly, the human race can be fickle, and times do change, but overall, the barriers to bringing a product to market - and understanding what 'the market' wants - have remained unchanged.

Michael Gerber

Change Understanding Race Barriers

It's difficult, because when you're a popular singer who makes money, you're basically a race horse. And that's how you're treated by the people around you.

Johnny Colt

Money People Horse You Difficult

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

Rush Limbaugh

Simple Law Problem Crime Way Obey

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Miguel de Cervantes

Truth Water Broken Oil Always May

The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.

Mike Huckabee

Work Health Work Hard Care Reward

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

Lucinda Williams

Sad Day Talking Situation More Mean

I always loved watching movies because I loved what certain moments inside of films did to me.

Jason Silva

Me Loved Moments Movies Watching