Quotes by Demise Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a remarkable ability to withstand and absorb those changes, and to prove wrong the prophecies of their demise. A. O. Scott demisecausesart Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? Adam Weishaupt demisemenbelieve A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. Aeschylus demiseguilthouse Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it. Allen Klein teachgratitudedemise Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds. Anne Rice demisemindtrying In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise. Anthony Trollope demisemorningmen George Orwell once blamed the demise of the English language on politics. It's quite possible he never read a prospectus. Arthur Levitt Jr english-languagedemiselanguage If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited. Beatrice Webb demisenatureworld Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated. Bill Bradley markdemisesaid When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday. Bill O'Reilly demisepoliticalyesterday Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. C. S. Lewis demisegodthinking The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire. Chalmers Johnson sovietempiresdemise It is quite normal to fear what one most desires. We desire to transcend the Story of the World that has come to enslave us, that indeed is killing the planet. We fear what the end of that story will bring: the demise of much that is familiar.Fear it or not, it is happening already. Charles Eisenstein demisestoriesdesire The superabundance alludes to the myth that is ensuring our demise but it's also the space around and possibly the void that we enter into, beyond that delusion. Daniel O'Sullivan voiddemisespace I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on. David Bowie demisestonesmen The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. David Byrne recordsdemiseworld Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing. Dianna Agron downtimedemisestress Nearer the gods no mortal may approach. Edmond Halley demiseapproachmay My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me. Elizabeth I demisehatewish Life is about change, it never stops, it's moving and it's moving this human body inexorably towards its demise. Elizabeth Lesser demisebodymoving1234»
