Harry Crews Quotes

The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right.

Harry Crews

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• So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Long
  • Freedom
  • Law

• Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • Earth
  • Humanity
  • Same

• The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Walking
  • Streets
  • Nuts

• Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Life
  • Man
  • Freedom

• 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
  • People
  • World
  • Bad

• I used to work for a catering company - I waitressed for Harry Winston events. I remember being so hungry, I would eat when I was supposed to be catering to other people.

  

  Karla Souza
  • People
  • Work
  • Remember

• When I write, I solemnly visit myself.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• 'This fellow,' he indicated the woodsman with a sweep of his stick, 'will reliably not become more alive, but he may have friends or family who will be unsettled to find him so extremely dead.'

  

  Tad Williams
  • Family
  • May
  • Friends

• I think there are a lot of great ideas out in America, and I want you to have a say in your government. And that means we have to get unaccountable money out of our politics, overturn Citizens United, and expand voting rights, not restrict them.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Great
  • Money
  • America

• The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • World
  • Responsibility

• The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.

  

  Lewis Mumford
  • America

• The individual incentive not to commit crime on Wall Street now is almost zero.

  

  Matt Taibbi
  • Wall

• But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions.

  

  Alex Lifeson Rush
  • Time
  • Focus

• I'm quite confident, but I don't fancy myself. I don't really care about how I look.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe

• Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.

  

  Andris Nelsons
  • Music
  • Country

• I just hope that I continue to keep a line between my private life and who I play, even if they are closely intertwined, and so I'm careful. I don't even know where my line is, but I know I have a line.

  

  Lena Dunham
  • Life
  • Hope

• How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

  

  Claire Cameron
  • Book
  • Question
  • Search

• I didn't really enjoy being at college, because I was putting myself through college. We just didn't have the money. I was responsible for that, so I was constantly looking for scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities.

  

  Kim Hawthorne
  • Work
  • Money
  • College

• Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'

  

  Cristina Henriquez
  • Book
  • Political
  • Humanity

• I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Why
  • Truth
  • America

• What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.

  

  Peter Garrett Midnight Oil
  • Truth

• Of these beginnings, gay and green, propose The suitable amours. Time will write them down.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Time
  • Gay
  • Green

• Dogbert: So, Since Columbus is dead, you have no evidence that the earth is round. Dilbert: Look. You can Ask Senator John Glenn. He orbited the earth when he was an astronaut. Dogbert: So, your theory depends on the honesty of politicians. Dilbert: Yes... no, wait.

  

  Scott Adams
  • Science
  • Earth
  • Waiting

• The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right.

  

  Harry Crews
  • Truth
  • Stories