"To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind."

--

Source : Geraldine Brooks (2006). “March”, p.19, Penguin

Geraldine Brooks

#Attitude Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.”
“You don't make art, you find it”
“Working in factories and things like that, it just puts a little hair on your chest.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.”

Source : Michel de Certeau (2011). “The Practice of Everyday Life”, p.185, Univ of California Press
“Several days in a row we sighted groups of metallic, saucer-shaped vehicles at great altitudes over the base Germany, 1951 and we tried to get close to them, but they were able to change direction faster than our fighters. I do believe UFOs exist and that the truly unexplained ones are from some other technically advanced civilization.”
“Good design isn't about making decisions for your users, it's about making those decisions irrelevant.”
“My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.”
“Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.”

You may also like:

Ann Patchett
Author
Barbara Kingsolver
Novelist
Elizabeth Strout
Author
Hannah Kent
Writer
Kate Grenville
Author
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist
Marilynne Robinson
Novelist
Tony Horwitz
Journalist
Tracy Chevalier
Novelist