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Quotes by Hungarian Authors
"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."
"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid."
"I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest."
"Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime."
"We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm."
"Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one."
"It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself."
"The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance."
"Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us."
"Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard."
"Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words."
"Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge."
"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully."
"Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom."
"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards."
"Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?"
"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"
"It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy."
"Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator."
"The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned."
"There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory."
"The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis."
"The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary."
"Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education."
"The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life."
"Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties."
"It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit."
"The character of a people may be ruined by charity."
"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm."
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."
"I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something."
"That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places."
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