Van Wyck Brooks Quotes

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

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• The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Country
  • American
  • America

• Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Why
  • Food
  • Red

• I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Context
  • Biblical
  • Prophet

• One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.

  

  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • Time
  • Country
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• Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Time
  • Age
  • Taken

• I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Time
  • Done
  • Best

• I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • Mind
  • May
  • Health

• If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Me
  • Trust

• Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • World
  • Reality
  • Courage

• I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Want
  • Moral
  • Try

• It's not my style to judge anybody.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Style
  • Judge
  • Anybody

• I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met Johnny Depp and James Franco.

  

  Ireland Baldwin
  • Work
  • Kind
  • Breathe

• I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Work
  • Education
  • Myself

• You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Believe
  • Know
  • Smile

• Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • American
  • Hope
  • Give

• The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Fear
  • Role
  • Plays

• My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Time
  • Father
  • Moment

• A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Man
  • Young
  • Old Man

• To ignore one's spiritual self is unsettling, to say the least. That's a very profound outlook on it.

  

  Linda Blair
  • Spiritual
  • Profound
  • Ignore

• My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

  

  Tony Bennett
  • Truth
  • Person
  • Express

• Ah, afflicted one, your disabilities were meant to unite with God's enablings, your weakness to mate His power. God's grace is at hand -sufficent-- and at its best when human weakness is most profound. Appropriate it and learn that those who wait on God are stronger in their weakness than the sons of men in their stoutest health and vigor.

  

  F. B. Meyer
  • God
  • Men
  • Power

• My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.

  

  Patricia Briggs
  • Children
  • Remember
  • Mother

• It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

  

  Benicio Del Toro
  • Character
  • Action

• It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

  

  Van Wyck Brooks
  • Profound
  • Take
  • Express