"The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact with the life it pretends to build on."

-- V. S. Pritchett

#Art Quotes #Yawning Quotes #Sake Quotes

“Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable it has original sin, and needs improvement. It can smell foul in the pot, linger through the house with pertinacity, and ruin a meal with its wet flab. Cabbage also has a nasty history of being good for you.”

Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book”, p.125, U of Nebraska Press
“Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you.”
“Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.”
“George Washington, who said to his father, Dad, if I never tell I lie, how am I ever gonna become President? Never got a dinner!”
“I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs. I mean, the Brad Paisley's, Alan Jackson especially, even Taylor Swift - those people can really pen great stuff.”
“If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?”
“People could achieve much more if only they would put in more effort. You must take responsibility for your own life. Be conscious of how you use your time! Be conscious of how you listen! Be conscious of how you manage all of your affairs, so that God can look upon you and be well pleased. Seek God's honor in everything you do.”
“We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business.”

You may also like:

Angus Wilson
Novelist
Anthony Powell
Novelist
Elizabeth Bowen
Novelist
Ivan Turgenev
Novelist
John Wain
Poet
Mary McCarthy
Author
Roy Fuller
Writer
William Trevor
Novelist
Frank O'Connor
Writer