Stephen Vizinczey
Stephen Vizinczey
Stephen Vizinczey, originally István Vizinczey, is an author and writer...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionAuthor
trying impossible great-power
All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible.
two people wages
Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with
assuming concern
To be great is to assume great concerns.
consistency virtue train
Consistency is a virtue for trains.
greatness rereading
Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.
creative humanity enemy
Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.
people culture assumption
We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.
novelists vote your-favorite
You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.
consistency want philosopher
Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.
play fire fingers
Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.
ignorance race genius
The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.
work dangerous-ideas people
As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree.
bear bring influence move power running stations sufficient trains tyranny various
We live under the tyranny of various professional groups, and all the 'influence' we could bring to bear on the running of schools, trains or power stations isn't sufficient to move a feather.
culture elegant heard knowing lifestyle millions mixture notion people
There are millions of people who think that having heard about something is the same as knowing it, and their notion of culture is a mixture of elegant lifestyle and big names.