Ian Mcewan Quotes
I'm not against religion in the sense that I feel I can't tolerate it, but I think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth. And since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the earth, they can't all be right. And only the secular spirit can guarantee those freedoms and it's the secular spirit that they contest.Ian Mcewan
Quotes to Explore
-
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
The only people who never fail are those who never try.
Ilka Chase -
I haven't actually studied acting at all.
Kat Dennings -
I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
Rachel Platten -
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
-
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
Madeleine Stowe -
Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
Laila Ali -
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
Saint Ambrose -
There's no sex in Middle Earth.
Ian Mckellen -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
Umberto Eco
-
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus -
I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
Rachel Stevens -
A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
Taki Theodoracopulos -
I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
Zosia Mamet -
She rarely saw priest-and knowing her heart sinned, was glad of that. Dreary was a church after the woodlands and hills and sounding sea. She still loved God-and was not the earth His work, and a church only man’s?-but she could not bring herself to call on Him very often.
Poul Anderson
-
The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.
Eddie Alvarez -
A belief in God's universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of humanity. . .
Benjamin Rush -
We are over 60 percent water by weight. We're just a big ball of... blob of water, with enough organic thickener added so we don't dribble away on the floor.
David Suzuki -
I'm not against religion in the sense that I feel I can't tolerate it, but I think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth. And since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the earth, they can't all be right. And only the secular spirit can guarantee those freedoms and it's the secular spirit that they contest.
Ian Mcewan