“The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.”
Bette Midler (1945) American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian and film producer
From her album 'Mud will be Flung Tonight'
“THE ONLY STABLE THING IS MOVEMENT”
Quote from Tinguely's letter to Peter Selz (1956); quoted in: Osbel Suárez et al. (2007) Lo[s] cinético[s]. p. 256.
Quotes, 1950's
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Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) Swiss painter and sculptor
Quoted in: Guy Brett, Hayward Gallery, Museu d'Art Contemporani (Barcelona, Spain) (2000) Force fields: phases of the kinetic. p. 250.
Quotes, 1950's, Static static, static !, 1959
“In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) Swiss painter and sculptor
reprinted in 'Zero', ed. Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press 1973, p. 119
Quotes, 1960's, untitled statements in 'Zero 3', (1961)
“There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
“Children are the world's most ardent traditionalists. They like things stable and categorized.”
Jane Espenson (1964) American television writer and producer
How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul (2005)
Context: Children are the world's most ardent traditionalists. They like things stable and categorized. They want to know what girls can do and what girls can't do. Television, like it or not, teaches them a lot of these rules.
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Attributed by Jack Kirby in The Forever People #3, National Periodical Publications, (June-July 1971).
Disputed
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Only partially true. The full quote: <br class="br">Only one danger could have jeopardised this development – if our adversaries had understood its principle, established a clear understanding of these ideas, and not offered any resistance. Or, alternatively, if they had from the first day annihilated with the utmost brutality the nucleus of our new movement. <br class="br">He thought that if his adversaries had ignored the ‘weakest’ elements of his movement, they would harm the party. See zuriz https://zuriz.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/smashing-the-nucleus/ for more. <br class="br">Misattributed