Word: remarkable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...self is predicated on that sensation of bearing, in the literal sense, "a gift," for gifts come from outside, and the artist is their medium. Prodigy is analogous to the divine right of kings-always present, a force beyond argument or development. Hence Picasso s most often quoted remark: "I can hardly understand the importance given to the word research in modern painting. In my opinion, to search means nothing in painting; to find is the thing...
...Delhi last week, one member of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Cabinet was heard to remark: "War is inevitable." In Islamabad, President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan spent the better part of a 40-minute television speech railing against the Indians, whom he accused of "whipping up a war frenzy." Along their borders, east and west, both India and Pakistan massed troops. Both defended the action as precautionary, but there was a real danger that a minor border incident could suddenly engulf the subcontinent...
...enormously suggestive remark like this one shows what we are missing. There are only isolated remarks about his great novels: this person turned up as so-and-so in Brighton Rock, that passage in The Power and the Glory seemed effective...
...Nashville papers ridiculed the first issue when it was published, and the Chancellor of the University refused to subscribe to it. I think Radcliffe Squires (Tate's biographer) makes a rather amusing remark about that. He says, 'Looking at the first issue, one wonders why anybody expected anything of these people...
Behind the smiles and easy badinage, however, Connally projects an icy, faintly bullying power that compels attention. His demands can be overwhelming. In a widely remembered remark about U.S. international trade and monetary goals. Connally summed up his position: "All I want is a fair advantage." He is a bad loser. Says one Texas politician who has been up against him: "He is totally unforgiving of his political enemies. He'll carry his grudges to the grave. He can also be tenacious as hell, clawing and pushing his way past any obstacle." Connally is no less ambitious than Johnson...