Mass Destruction Commission

Famous quotes containing the words mass, destruction and/or commission:

    “All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf.”
    —Alexander Trocchi (1925–1983)

    “Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.”
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    “A sense of humour keen enough to show a man his own absurdities as well as those of other people will keep a man from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)