Quotes about literature
literature habit live-by
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. James A. Baldwin
literature danger committed
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.
literature subservient
Literature is subservient to nothing but truth. Gao Xingjian
literature moral ethical
Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.
literature middle-east knows
You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East. Chris Matthews
literature fame warhol
Andy Warhol made fame more famous. Fran Lebowitz
literature want firsts
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
literature stealing wells
Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. George Orwell
literature dies our-lives
We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then. Jeanette Winterson
literature causes trouble
I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
literature action type
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant. Jerzy Kosinski
literature moments photograph
In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.
literature carpentry
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry Gabriel Garcia Marquez
literature sound doe
I can cite a chapter and verse of literature at the times saying Italians don`t speak our language, these folks coming from other places - it sounds identical to what you are saying about Muslims now. It really does. Chris Hayes
literature virtue great-gatsby-important
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues. F. Scott Fitzgerald
literature ordinary vegetarian
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
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.
literature individualism spite
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. George Eliot
literature freedom-of-the-press presses
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. Ferdinand Mount
literature world enough
Literature exists because the world isn't enough. Fernando Pessoa
literature pay printing
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market. Ezra Pound
literature pounds inability
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
literature decay decline
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
literature faces authority
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. Euripides
literature parliament
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
literature helping judgment
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
literature raw-materials materials
Words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted. Francine Prose
literature occasions
There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.
literature world born
It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born? Jeff Vandermeer
literature thrillers
Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are. Graham Greene
literature compare sane
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend. Homer
literature rhyming rhyme
Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it. Howard Nemerov