Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. Arthur Miller More Quotes by Arthur Miller More Quotes From Arthur Miller Poor brain! How helplessly it dissolves when willing eyes meet and the nose warms to those old jungle scents. Arthur Miller eye noses brain It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves Arthur Miller fronts people Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line. Arthur Miller distance evil two They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts." Arthur Miller names numbers life The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Arthur Miller tragedy life commitment An idol tells people exactly what to believe, God presents them with choices they have to make for themselves. The difference is far from insignificant; before the idol men remain dependent children, before God they are burdened and at the same time liberated to participate in the decisions of endless creation. Arthur Miller god believe children The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal. Arthur Miller nationalism judaism christianity You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first. Arthur Miller being-there world firsts The parochial snobbery of these people was partly responsible for their failure to convert the Indians. Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians. At any rate, very few Indians were converted, and the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil's last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand. To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God. Arthur Miller land christian home Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese! Arthur Miller swiss-cheese cheese want ... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries? Arthur Miller hate love-you country Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name! Arthur Miller dust names lying I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. Arthur Miller self mistake thinking Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. Arthur Miller likes humor A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the family is broken up, and people don't live in the same place for very long. Arthur Miller roots long people He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world. Arthur Miller father world son Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away. Arthur Miller dollars remember kids When the guns roar, the arts die. Arthur Miller dies gun art Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. But if you can't walk away? I guess that's when it's tough. Arthur Miller tough sometimes men Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world. Arthur Miller technique drama world
