V.I. Arnold Quotes

I keep saying, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, you are as obscure as life is.

Alas! is even love too weak To unlock the heart, and let it speak?

Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.

Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life.

Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

Religion--that voice of the deepest human experience.

Nature herself seems, I say, to take the pen out of his hand, and to write for him with her own bare, sheer, penetrating power.

Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.

One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class.

Miracles do not happen.

I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.

The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!

The eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo- Saxon contagion.

He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth.

Without poetry our science will appear incomplete, and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry.

Flowers are my music.

No rage is equal to the rage of a contented right-thinking man when he is confronted in the marketplace by an idea which belongs in the pulpit.

I used to go with solid blue, but recently I've found that a mix of red and green is a better fit for my personality.

Kids; 10 seconds of joy, 30 years of misery

Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right - they are the dumbest team in America.

Never enter relationships. Otherwise, suffer the pains that come with it. Enjoy your individuality while you can.

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.

All problems are divided into two classes, soluble questions, which are trivial and important questions which are insoluble.

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.

There are more 'Don'ts' in golf than there are in any other avocation in life.

I have come to believe that politicians are in the business of 'marketing' their product to the public, by exaggerating threats and over-selling government solutions.

I believe that the Welfare State redistributes poverty and reduces income. As Karl Kraus once said of psychoanalysis, the Welfare State is the disease which it purports to cure.

I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the earnings of top business leaders and the salaries of academics and journalists.

When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is the high-cost producer.

When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.

Timing is everything in life and in golf.

Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.

All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

I had a system, and the system worked.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.

If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.

I make my protein drink with whiskey. People think I'm crazy, but that's the way I am. I get stoned, I do my own thing.

I don't mind looking foolish but it's just that I'm so bad at singing. The only time people ask me to sing is if they want the party to stop. If they want everyone to go home. Immediately.

There's one thing that I've liked over the years when I've promoted bodybuilding and fitness and my movies and politics and issues and so on is to stay focused.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision and you know that it is the right thing to do, and success will come. So don't be afraid to fail!