What did David Gemmell mean by: In any broth, the scum always rises to the top. - David Gemmell Author · England Copy
+ We like to think of life as a constant … Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Constant, Heartbeat, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Deeds, Selfish, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ Some people have a gift for stupidity, an almost mystic ability to withstand any form of logic. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Logic, Stupidity, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Hero, Simple, Strength, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn’t hurt others. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Hurt, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Lying, Stranger, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ An enemy is like a man’s most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Flower, Joy, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
+ We all have scars […] Better by far for them to be worn on the outside. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Gemmell, Scar, Worn, 0 - David Gemmell Author · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France