Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie
Philip Gordon Wyliewas a prolific American author of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 May 1902
CountryUnited States of America
men blood brain
But we are as other men, exactly. Of one blood, one species, one brain, one figure, one fundamental set of collective instincts, one solitary body of information, one everything. Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.
powerful people minorities
Absolute dominion of a powerful people by a minority always produces national aggression.
lying destiny men
Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane.
men long gears
Common man has at long last got himself so far out of gear with nature and his environment that he is beginning to see the shape of extinction, whether he recognizes it as such or not.
stars children school
The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.
freedom mean liberty
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
blessing simplicity simple-life
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.
ignorance oblivion bliss
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
teacher appreciation citizens
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.