George Santayana Quotes & Sayings (Page 12)

“It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.”

“To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.”

“Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.”

“Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.”

“Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.”

“It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.”

“Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.”

“A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.”