"Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the finicky canons of the genteel tradition and the depressing pieties of the Culture Religion of Modernism."

-- Leslie Fiedler

#Depressing Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Culture Quotes

“We have a small wish in 2008. We would like to conquer Asia.”
“Iâ€™ll see you in your dreams, okay, stupid?”
“The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.”
“You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.”
“Obamacare represents a shocking display of political arrogance. It's about time Washington started listening to Americans' common sense voices.”
“Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, Iâ€™m okay with that.”
“Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.”

Source : John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.182, Macmillan
“I am a big Bewitched fan... something about the way Elizabeth Montgomery twitched her nose.”

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