"The language of the novel differs from the just-the-facts language of the old tales. It's robust and earthy, sometimes even baroque."

-- Marisa Silver

#Facts Quotes #Language Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.”
“Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.”

Source : Andy Stanley (2011). “The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
“The thought of a comedy with paid prostitutes always seemed so silly and purposeless, for a person hired by me could never take the place of my imagination of a 'cruel mistress'.”

Source : Richard Von Krafft-Ebing (2013). “Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study”, p.146, Butterworth-Heinemann
“The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.”
“You know, you only get one family, and you have to make it work.”
“When, from the top of any high hill, one looks round the country, and sees the multitude of regularly distributed spires, one not only ceases to wonder that order and religion are maintained, but one is astonished that any such thing as disaffection or irreligion should prevail.”
“Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.”
“The basis of all education is to learn by doing.”

Source : Donald Anderson Laird, Eleanor Childs Leonard Laird (1947). “The Technique of Getting Things Done: Rules for Directing Will Power, from the Lives of the World's Leaders”

You may also like:

Abba Hillel Silver
Rabbi
Anthony LaPaglia
Actor
Colson Whitehead
Novelist
Dorothea Lange
Photographer
Elizabeth Perkins
Actress
Kathy Baker
Film actress
Nathan Lane
Actor
Rachel Kushner
Writer
Adrian Pasdar
Actor