Eric Asimov famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

  • Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

  • Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.

  • Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.

  • If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

  • My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

  • The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

  • The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.

  • The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.

  • One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.