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"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."

"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Nature, Man, Right

36

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Religion, Society, Trouble

36

"Go west, young man."

"Go west, young man."

Horace Greeley, American Editor

36

"The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter."

"The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Compassion, Indifference

36

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Love, Romantic, Want

36

"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."

"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Business, Corporate, Danger, Hollywood

36

"Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine."

"Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Man, Men, Quality, Genius, Disorder

36

"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."

"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Marriage, Advertising

36

"There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write."

"There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write."

Henry R. Luce, American Editor

Man, Men, Poetry, Balance

36

"When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

"When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Age, Music, Poetry, Excellence

36

"Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy."

"Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Philosophy, First, Road, Skepticism

36

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Man, May, Woman

36

"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other."

"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

Enemy, Enemies, News, Nothing, Opinion

36

"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Goal, Goals, Hollywood, Meeting, Profit

36

"Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information."

"Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Society, Example, Information

36

"It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it."

"It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Nature, Humannature

36

"In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself."

"In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Environment, Sense

36

"If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him."

"If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

36

"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."

"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Fight, Nations, United

36

"Time should make enemies and Life should make friends."

"Time should make enemies and Life should make friends."

Henry R. Luce, American Editor

Friendship, Life, Time, Enemies, Friends

36

"Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen."

"Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Art, Criticism, Darkness, Rest

36

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Business, Government, Country, Today

35

"One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself."

"One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Man, Respect, World

35

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Death, Life, Men, Awareness

35

"Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more."

"Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more."

Diana Vreeland, American Editor

Fashion, Clothes, Evening

35

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

35

"The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."

"The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Love, People, Lovers

35

"We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves."

"We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Emotional, Feeling, Memory, Senses

35

"Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise."

"Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise."

Brock Yates, American Editor

Exercise, Light, Pleasure, Style

35

"Love demands infinitely less than friendship."

"Love demands infinitely less than friendship."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Friendship, Love

35

"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."

"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

35

"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription."

"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Hope, Body, Direction

35

"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."

"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Friendship, Abuse, Criticism, Friends

35

"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."

"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

35

"Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?"

"Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?"

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Being, Fact, Force, World

35

"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid."

"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Success, Cynicism

35

"This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation."

"This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation."

Walter Murch, American Editor

People, Film, Job, Jobs

35

"You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made?"

"You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made?"

Walter Murch, American Editor

Friendship, People, Cards, Credit, Film

35

"The most destructive criticism is indifference."

"The most destructive criticism is indifference."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Criticism, Indifference

35

"Peace without justice is tyranny."

"Peace without justice is tyranny."

William Allen White, American Editor

Peace, Justice, Tyranny

35

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Man, Men, Earth, Eye, Moon

34

"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

34

"I'd rather be dead than dying."

"I'd rather be dead than dying."

Stephen Evans, American Editor

34

"It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete."

"It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Education, Idea, Difference, May

34

"I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century."

"I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century."

Walter Murch, American Editor

Age, Music, Film

34

"I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink."

"I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Man, Men, First, Open, Pretty

34

"Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing."

"Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Favorite, Fishing

34

"The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right."

"The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

Journalism, Right

34

"It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong."

"It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

Journalism, Day, Wrong

34

"Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences."

"Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Wisdom, Anticipation, Consequences

34

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