Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while

Summary

This quote suggests that there are certain statements or sayings, known as aphorisms, that only hold true and remain relevant as long as they are actively applied or followed. Just like an airplane needs to be constantly in motion to stay afloat, these aphorisms require continuous action or engagement to maintain their effectiveness. Implied here is the idea that merely believing in or passively acknowledging these sayings is not enough. They must be actively implemented in order to retain their value and relevance.

Topics

Proverbial Wisdom

By Vladimir Nabokov

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I refer to the restaurant

I refer to the restaurant

Brian W. Aldiss, "in The Guardia

Restaurants

I love romantic comedies.

I love romantic comedies.

Romantic

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life it

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

Life Compassion Caring

Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are

Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by.

Experience Truth Innocence

Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morb

Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the enfeeblement, verging on paralysis, of the capacity to govern. This breakdown in the constitutional order is the cause of the precipitate and catastrophic decline of Western society. It may, if it cannot be arrested and reversed, bring about the fall of the West.

Walter Lippmann

Opinion

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life,

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Heroes/heroism

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert d

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Dame Edith Sitwell

Profanity Vulgarity

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it.

Success

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's re

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

Science Mystery

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disne

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that.

Car

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Rabindranath Tagore

Truth

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Albert Schweitzer

Adversity