The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

Quote by Edmund Wilson

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The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!

Respect old people: they graduated highschool without Google or Wikipedia!

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...