Geoff Dyer Quotes
Inevitably, most readers come to John Cheever's 'Journals' via his fiction. Whatever value they might have in their own right, their viability as a publishing proposition was conditional on the interest of the large readership of his novels and stories.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
-
When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
-
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
-
I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.
-
Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
-
Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
-
I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
-
I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
-
I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
-
Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
-
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
-
I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
-
I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
-
I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
-
In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
-
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
-
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
-
I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
-
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
-
Every time I work, it's an educational process because I learn by watching other actors. My career is always going to be an ongoing study.
-
I value the people who are willing to make themselves vulnerable and share work that is sensitive and maybe even hard to sing sometimes. Because that's the music that provides the most solace and solidarity to the world.
-
I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.
-
Kisses are like grains of gold or silver found upon the ground, of no value themselves, but precious as showing that a mine is near.
-
Inevitably, most readers come to John Cheever's 'Journals' via his fiction. Whatever value they might have in their own right, their viability as a publishing proposition was conditional on the interest of the large readership of his novels and stories.
