Quotes about literature
literature losing loser
It's the good loser who finally loses out. Kin Hubbard
literature trouble grew
Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.
literature habit caught
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.
literature consumerism hardest
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
literature emotion
There's always been anger in the making of music or literature or dance. Michael Ondaatje
literature individual bankruptcy
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life. Marilyn vos Savant
literature able scene
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
literature appearance function
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
literature serious crime
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
literature language spoken-english
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
literature able way
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
literature paper peer-review
...I can't see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report. Kevin [Trenberth] and I will keep them out somehow, even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is! Phil Jones
literature taught easier
Imaginative literature primarily pleases rather than teaches. It is much easier to be pleased than taught, but much harder to know why one is pleased. Beauty is harder to analyze than truth. Mortimer Adler
literature mess
Literature got me into this mess and literature is going to have to get me out of it. Philip Roth
literature speech great-speech
A great speech is literature. Peggy Noonan
literature patient wonderful
I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful. Nigella Lawson
literature young
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths. Mason Cooley
literature sincere malice
Malice is always authentic and sincere.
literature flow facts
Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
literature
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
literature reputation forgotten
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
literature trouble fulfillment
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
literature tone moral
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
literature body finance
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
literature may
Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.
literature moral old-fashioned
Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.
literature
Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
literature exhibitionism modesty
If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
literature i-have-learned exceptional
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
literature prime knows
I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
literature eternal-life frightening
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
literature delight scolding
Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
literature interpreting observing
It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.