Small: In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science
"In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if thats
"Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: There should be no such thing as boring mathematics
"There should be no such thing as boring mathematics"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand
Baruch Spinoza
"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play it is tennis of a very high quality
Richard Krajicek
"Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: Maybe, one other match better but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis
Richard Krajicek
"Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I servi
Richard Krajicek
"I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: Hewitt is such a fighter on the court he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him
Richard Krajicek
"Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year yo
Richard Krajicek
"But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: Happiness is a virtue, not its reward
Baruch Spinoza
"Happiness is a virtue, not its reward"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear
Baruch Spinoza
"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes
"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he
Richard Krajicek
"Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: I dont think anybody was ever up 6-2 and would lose the tiebreaker
Richard Krajicek
"I don't think anybody was ever up 6-2 and would lose the tiebreaker"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes
Richard Krajicek
"I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was v
Richard Krajicek
"There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: My fathers coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time
Richard Krajicek
"My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to s
Richard Krajicek
"I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to say was 75 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court
Richard Krajicek
"For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest
Richard Krajicek
"But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the yea
Richard Krajicek
"But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game"
Richard Krajicek, Athlete
Small: True virtue is life under the direction of reason
Baruch Spinoza
"True virtue is life under the direction of reason"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on
Baruch Spinoza
"To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak
Baruch Spinoza
"The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character
Baruch Spinoza
"Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancho
Baruch Spinoza
"One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in
Baruch Spinoza
"It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil
Baruch Spinoza
"If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion
Baruch Spinoza
"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things
Baruch Spinoza
"God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Be not astonished at new ideas for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true be
Baruch Spinoza
"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Will and intellect are one and the same thing
Baruch Spinoza
"Will and intellect are one and the same thing"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd
Baruch Spinoza
"Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be fr
Baruch Spinoza
"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by
Baruch Spinoza
"Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past
Baruch Spinoza
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself
Baruch Spinoza
"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Small: You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time
"You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look t
"These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and he
"The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards"
Johan Huizinga, Historian