Saul Bellow Quotes
I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution.
Quotes to Explore
-
If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
-
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
-
In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women.
-
The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
-
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
-
I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
-
I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.
-
I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
-
When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
-
Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
-
I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
-
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
-
A triathlon is on my bucket list. I started training a long time ago, and my life took a different turn: Things happen; work happens. I will definitely accomplish that at some point!
-
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
-
In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
-
What I love about 'Mockingjay, Part 1' is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at 'Interstellar,' the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago.
-
We live in a society where nothing is sacred.
-
I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.
-
The more competition, the better. I hope to get snubbed again this year.
-
When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.
-
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretense by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.
-
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
-
I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution.
