Quotes about literature
literature study academic
I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame. Paul McCartney
literature great-things willing
There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing. George MacDonald
literature genius investment
Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times John Burroughs
literature accepting sole
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
literature forget my-family
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. Lloyd Alexander
literature influence great-literary
I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life. Manuel Puig
literature taste watches
I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
literature common french-literature
The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own. Lytton Strachey
literature france england
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal.
literature scripts copying
It`s the only time my education has come in remotely handy. -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing" script into Russian to acquire a Slavic accent. Kate Beckinsale
literature information working-it
Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control. Joan Didion
literature great-literature bores
Literature bores me, especially great literature John Berryman
literature english-literature austen
There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that. JJ Feild
literature currents should
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature George Ade
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
literature tables critics
A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature. Louis Dudek
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.
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.
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
literature taste
Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society. Madame de Stael
literature littles fractions
Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written; and of this but little is extant. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
literature mental-strength
To create something you must be something.
literature fool merit
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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 language written
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
literature mercy firmness
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
literature return fountain
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
literature majority-and-minority minorities
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. Henrik Ibsen
literature grows mortals
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. Hesiod
literature morgues related
Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related. Heinrich Heine