Eve Babitz Quotes

I was always much too elated to imagine despair.

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• All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Religion
  • Belief
  • Realize

• I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Way
  • Dinner
  • Town

• The real idols . . . are the people who work for Polk Works. I'm honored by this.

  

  Larry Miller
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling.

  

  Jean Gabin
  • Deep
  • Theater
  • Too Deep

• There is always one person in the office that you want to whip their ass! If you don't know who it is, it is probably you.

  

  D. L. Hughley
  • Want
  • Office
  • Ass

• I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale slaughter than might happen inside of Iraq or anyplace else.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Effort
  • Might
  • Iraq

• You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not do at all

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Free
  • Firsts

• Love is something that never goes out of style.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Style
  • Love Is

• [Donald Trump] is been very consistent on trade.

  

  Maria Bartiromo
  • Trump
  • Trade
  • Donald Trump

• A European brewery has purchased Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser, for $52 billion. Which is a a shame because if they had waited until happy hour, they could have paid half that.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Happy
  • Budweiser
  • Brewery

• You need that hunger no matter what, because eventually the honeymoon period wears off. Somewhere between printing your business cards that say 'founder' on them and everything else you have to do, you realize, 'Oh, actually this is a ton of work.'

  

  Drew Houston
  • Work
  • Business
  • Period

• If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Men
  • Women
  • Secret

• If you weren’t there, how do you know someone pushed her?” Sergeant Kenn asked. “Well …,” said Jared. “And what were you doing, running through a strange town at night?” “I was jogging?” Jared offered. “Without your shirt or your shoes?” “Uh,” said Jared.

  

  Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Night
  • Running
  • Said

• Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.

  

  Carl Schmitt
  • You
  • Enemy
  • Tell

• . . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Imagine
  • Dreaming
  • Marrying

• You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in a flash, that they do this thing, or that thing, and then die, but I can assure you they are quite wrong.

  

  Nancy Mitford
  • Imagine
  • Changes
  • Flash

• I love music. That's my first love. I'm actually going to start working on that full-time very soon, but I love acting as well. It satisfies a different part of who I am. I love to pretend, to imagine, try new things, work with different people, and just see how far I can go.

  

  Brandy
  • Music
  • Working
  • Imagine

• I was always much too elated to imagine despair.

  

  Eve Babitz
  • Imagine
  • Elated