Paul Auster Quotes

All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.

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• On my days off, I love denim cut off shorts with gladiator sandals and crop tops.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Love
  • Days
  • Cut

• The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

  

  Aaron Copland
  • Music
  • Words
  • Problem

• My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • American
  • House
  • Looks

• When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • People
  • Young
  • Young People

• I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.

  

  Flavius Josephus
  • Up
  • Great
  • Mother

• Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.

  

  Laura Robson
  • Better
  • Playing
  • Getting

• I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

  

  J. Cole
  • Always
  • Feel
  • Underdog

• All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Friends
  • You
  • Like

• I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.

  

  Kate Upton
  • Family
  • Think
  • Period

• I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Music
  • Happy
  • Fun

• The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Athlete
  • Race
  • Seen

• Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

  

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
  • Women
  • Reality
  • Sharing

• In the end, crime doesn't pay.

  

  Lane Garrison
  • End
  • Crime
  • In The End

• If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Law
  • Focus

• Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Happy
  • Suffering
  • Anxiety

• Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Life
  • Time
  • Different

• Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Long
  • Too Much

• You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • World
  • Live
  • Reflection

• Many of the characters who appear in the pages of the Fourth Gospel are literary creations of its author and were never intended to be understood as real people, who actually lived in history.

  

  John Shelby Spong
  • People
  • Real
  • History

• I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?

  

  Stuart Rose
  • Night
  • Morning
  • Stupid

• Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

  

  James Anthony Froude
  • Children
  • True
  • Age

• Women who have it all should try having nothing: I have no husband, no children, no real estate, no stocks, no bonds, no investments, no 401(k), no CDs, no IRAs, no emergency fund - I don't even have a savings account. It's not that I have not planned for the future; I have not planned for the present.

  

  Elizabeth Wurtzel
  • Women
  • Children
  • Real

• All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.

  

  Paul Auster
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