Famous quotes containing the words merit, order and/or list:
“There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise from achievement; to save him from that sentimentalizing which confuses the tragedy of the interruption with the merit of the work actually performed.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“Its not greed and ambition that makes warsits goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, weve managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems well have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.”
—Paddy Chayefsky (19231981)
“Loves boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and its useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (18931930)