Quotes about lit
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
littles wealth rich
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
littles want wealth
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.
littles revolution events
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
littles facts sometimes
Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are sometimes assimilated to the theory, rather than the theory to the facts.
littles too-much violence
In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
literature
We are so very 'umble.
littles cry you-again
-Why don't you cry again, you little wretch? -Because I'll never cry for you again.
littles wake-up poor
If you are ready to wake up, you are going to wake up. If you're not you are going to stay pretending that you are just a poor little me... Alan Watts
littles
I have so very much. I have so very little. Alan Moore
littles energy should
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it. Alan Jackson
littles lasts would-be
Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say. Alan Colmes
littles statistics might
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date? Of course they're out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards. Alan Bennett
littles remember film
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with them. They weren't frightening at all. I'm sure they'd be very funny now. Alain Resnais
littles berries chuck
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing. Al Jarreau
little-bee refugee refuge
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. Chris Cleave
literature weapons
My weapon is literature Chinua Achebe
literature easy teach
I teach literature. That's easy for me. Take someone else's work and talk about it.
littles mouths fungi
A sickly little smile grew and died on his mouth like a fungus. China Mieville
littles towns damn
Where I'm from? A little town called none of yo god damn business. Dave Chappelle
littles watches television
However little television you watch, watch less. David McCullough
littles belief strive
So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . . David Mitchell
literature behemoth bigs
I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going.
literature computer internet
The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. Dave Barry
literature stones teeth
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
littles found genes
Genes are little items that are found in every living thing except Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.