Quotes about literature
literature obvious
It'll become obvious that we've really been working against ourselves. Neale Donald Walsch
literature swiftness proportion
The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing. Marcel Proust
literature london able
During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. George Andrew Olah
literature approach
I have no literary approach - except to literature. George Balanchine
literature earth atlantis
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Edward Dahlberg
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. Northrop Frye
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. Northrop Frye
literature mythology humans
Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature. Northrop Frye
literature study subjects
Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study. Northrop Frye
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. Norman Ralph Augustine
literature tasks more-time
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. Norman Ralph Augustine
literature firsts
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. Novalis
literature can-do
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend. Novalis
literature honest being-honest
to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life. Ellen Glasgow
literature posterity
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. Joseph Addison
literature prophet prove
Jesters do often prove prophets. Joseph Addison
literature ornaments modesty
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison
literature honour stations
The post of honour is a private station. Joseph Addison
literature translators universal
Writer's make national literature, while translators make universal literature. Jose Saramago
literature said music-is
I've always said that music is like literature. Jose Carreras
literature meals french-literature
In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal. Jose Bergamin
literature ends myth
For myth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end. Jorge Luis Borges
literature
One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read. Jorge Luis Borges
literature affection ailments
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. Jonathan Swift
literature poison beast
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. Jonathan Swift
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
literature
In literature it is only the wild that attracts us. Henry David Thoreau
literature advantage enjoy
It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all. Henry David Thoreau
literature slavery politics
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass
literature silent slave
Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers. Frederick Douglass