Quotes about lit
literature different film
Literature and film have a way of lifting you from your own existence and transporting you to some foreign place and putting you in the shoes with an experience different than your own. Khaled Hosseini
littles body goodness
She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body. Jonathan Swift
littles gullivers-travels philosopher
Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.
littles brilliant wonderful
You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative. Napoleon Hill
littles graves difficulty
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy
literature decent publishing
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. Lynn Abbey
littles study week
I now attend non-orthodox synagogues, and study little during the secular week. Luke Ford
littles needs helping
Everybody dies. Some just need a little help. Lucian
littles poland walks
...maybe he overreacted a bit." "A bit? That's like Hitler saying, 'Oooh, I just meant to go for a little walk, but then I accidentally invaded Poland. Louise Rennison
literature tables critics
A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature. Louis Dudek
littles enough novel
Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that. Louis Auchincloss
literature nostalgia old-time
The 'good old times' - all times when old are good. Lord Byron
literature fortune all-things
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
littles whispering consent
A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering “I will ne'er consent”—consented.
literature youth fame
Fame is the thirst of youth.
literature sin atonement
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.
literature found duty
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
littles detachment
...for me there is too little of life to spend most of it forcing myself into detachment from it. M. F. K. Fisher
littles matter violence
Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living is impossible without a certain amount of violence. What we have to do is to minimize it to the greatest extent possible. Mahatma Gandhi
littles surprise dangerous
Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous. Gene Wilder
literature definitions pleasure
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. Gene Wolfe
littles
To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently. Fred Wilson
littles racist bones
I haven't got a racist bone in my little finger. Norman Tebbit
literature
To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like Northrop Frye
literature classic produce
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.
literature doe students
I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning.
literature mythology humans
Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature.
literature study subjects
Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.
literature now-and-then made
...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened. Norman Maclean
literature projects
Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off. Norman Ralph Augustine
literature needs easy
It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.
literature tasks more-time
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
littles cups dry
Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry. Omar Khayyam