Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. – Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. – Hannah Arendt
Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on mans capacity for making promises and keeping them. – Hannah Arendt
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes. – Hannah Arendt
I think were the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. Its not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human. – Rainn Wilson