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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

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...

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...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

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

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

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...