Quotes
Authors
John Graves
"Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part of its own silence. As you either care about what the land is or not, so do you like or dislike quiet things--sailboats, or rainy green mornings in foreign places, or a grazing herd, or the ruins of old monasteries in the mountains. . . . Chances for being quiet nowadays are limited." --
Source : John Graves (1960). “Goodbye to a river: a narrative”, Alfred a Knopf Inc
John Graves
#Morning Quotes
#Land Quotes
#Silence Quotes
“Nicholas Sarkozy made the point that both America and France have political systems that they want to share with the world. There's an emphasis on being a unique person. Screw you if you don't like it. But the problem is, they're all the same.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world.”
“We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.”
“My mentor, [Ingmar] Bergman, when we worked on stage, he said you can't convince a thousand people at the big stage where we were working. You can't convince everybody, but just pick one every night that you perform for and make sure that he or she will have an experience that alters their life in a more positive way. So, just one every night. That's worth all the struggle and screaming.”
Source : Source: collider.com
“When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.”
“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.”
“There's nothing better than cake but more cake.”
“I'm pretty sure the world is in solid agreement that "The Wire" is worth watching all the way through.”
Source : "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 28, 2016.