Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
– Ezra Pound
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- We’re sorry. It’s not us. It’s the monster. The bank isn’t a man. The bank isn’t like a man.Yes, but the bank is only made of men. – John Steinbeck
- The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank. – Alberto Caeiro
- No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound
- Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand. – Ezra Pound
- Literature is news that stays news. – Ezra Pound
- There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight – Ezra Pound
- Listen to me, attend me!And I will breathe into thee a soul,And thou shalt live for ever. – Ezra Pound
- The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. – Ezra Pound
- A great spirit has been amongst us, and a great artist is gone. – Ezra Pound
- Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound
- Great Literature is simply language charged to the utmost with meaning – Ezra Pound
- Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. – Ezra Pound
- The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity. – Ezra Pound
- Literature is language charged with meaning – Ezra Pound
- If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good – Ezra Pound
- Usury is the cancer of the world, which only the surgeon’s knife of fascism can cut out of the life of the nations. – Ezra Pound
- In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries. – Ezra Pound
- If I liked food and disliked exercise as much as a 400 pound guy, I’d be a 400 pound guy. – Scott Adams
- Your mission statement outlines why your company exists. It doesn’t have to be all fancy-pants, just a clear statement of what you do. – Amber Hurdle
- While a mission statement speaks to why a company exists, a vision statement communicates what you want to accomplishin the future. – Amber Hurdle
- Behind every creative act is a statement of love. Every artistic creation is a statement of gratitude. – Kilroy J Oldster
- To protect one’s own statement is the greatest form of violence. To impress upon others that his statement is correct is a form of violence itself. – Dada Bhagwan
- To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows is true. – Lionel Suggs
- He had drawn a derogatory statement from George. He felt safe now. – John Steinbeck
- You are charismatic. Men are drawn to you. I am drawn to you. And by your size, let alone your skill with weapons, they will be in awe of you. – Amy Jarecki
- I know not by what power I am drawn to you, but it is as a moth is drawn to the flame, and I cannot fight it, I must be consumed. – Andrea Zuvich
- Quality depends on kindness. Beauty depends on simplicity. Joy depends on generosity. – Debasish Mridha
- You want to come back to the bank vault?- Jack says.The bank vault. That’s what Jack calls his house. – Allen Zadoff
- A blank cheque kills creativity. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- when your life is out of balance your cheque bounces – Ikechukwu Joseph
- Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment. – Edna OBrien
- No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence.-General Wedge Antilles – Aaron Allston
- Look at not its value[sic], for its value addition shows its worth. – Sachin Kumar Puli
- The value is not in the art, whether there are more artists or less artists, the value depends on it. – Dada Bhagwan
- I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value. – Richard Feynman
- In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone. – Arthur Schopenhauer
- Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. – M Scott Peck
- If you feel trapped quit thinking about the trap and start thinking about your value. Life favors value. Value is your way out. – Bryant McGill
- It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff. – Richie Norton
- The value of time lies in its brevity. To use it effectively, you must know its value. – Mensah Oteh