Best 5099 quotes in «literature quotes» category

The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

These are the stories of travelers on a spiritual quest between worlds. Part mythmaker, part poet, Omar Castaeda is an original, and these stories are unlike any in our literature.

These capacities for randomness may have been amplified into human creativity through sexual and social selection.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

The sermon is now the true poppy of literature.

These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives for literature after a happy existence in the very best pastures.

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

The short story is the literature of the nomad.

The situation is that of him who is helpless, cannot act, in the event cannot paint, since he is obliged to paint. The act is of him who, helpless, unable to act, acts, in the event paints, since he is obliged to paint.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks.

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.

The spirit world doesn't admit to communicating with me, so it's fairly even.

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.

The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.

The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct.

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.

The thing I love about reporting is being able to blend in with any group, whether that's neo-Nazis or pedophiles.

The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times.

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.