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World Quotes - Page 293

The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.

Osbert Sitwell (1977). “Left Hand, Right Hand!: An Autobiography”

Jobs that require a suit upset me. They displease me much, as our world is rife with such superficial conformity.

Nick Offerman (2013). “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living”, p.133, Penguin

When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere.

"Discourses on Livy" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 1, ch. 5, as translated by Ninian Hill Thomson, 1517.

You can only photograph a fragment of the here and now. The photograph presents the world as object; language, the world as idea.

Neil Postman (2005). “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”, p.72, Penguin

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

"Dear CEOs, Celebrate Failure" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 14, 2011.

Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.

Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.125, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA