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

Quote by Edmund Wilson

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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.

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.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever 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.

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...

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

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...

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...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but by the manner in...

Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but by the manner in...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Intellectuals are real and actuals who speak first to bare open and bring fore the...

Intellectuals are real and actuals who speak first to bare open and bring fore the...

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...