Famous quotes containing the words high, production and/or volume:
“A lunatic may be soothed,... for a time, but in the end, he is very apt to become obstreperous. His cunning, too, is proverbial, and great.... When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091849)
“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, nor is it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“To be thoroughly conversant with a Mans heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of despair.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091845)