Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Quote by Harry S Truman

Topics: Art Quotes

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one....

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one....

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get...

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get...

He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head...

He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head...

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it...

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it...

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering,...

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering,...

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without...

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose...

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today...

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today...