Saul Bellow Quotes

There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.

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• And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Think
  • Me
  • Single

• The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Support
  • Technology
  • Commitment

• Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • People
  • Writing
  • Fun

• There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Up
  • Dreams
  • New

• It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • People
  • Great
  • Government

• There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

  

  Vince Carter
  • Bad
  • Team
  • Hurt

• I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Experience
  • Think
  • Sweet

• 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

• Art is like a stock with a decent return for people in finance, and they get to feel like they are involved with culture, spend time with artists, as part of their dividend.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Time
  • Art

• When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Thinking
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Parents
  • Hate
  • Embarrassed

• Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • Theatre
  • Agree
  • Absurd

• I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Health
  • Point
  • Workaholic

• Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Stronger

• If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

  

  Carl Hubbell
  • Want
  • Win
  • Cards

• Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Child
  • Dinner
  • Your Child

• Nature is not human hearted.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Nature
  • Human
  • Hearted

• Coming where I'm coming from, really, my family name isn't a pressure because, you know, music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up. Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.

  

  Damian Marley
  • Up
  • Music
  • Family

• In the old days, I'm ashamed to say I recommended not wearing hearing protection while hunting, ... We felt it was more dangerous not to be able to hear a rattlesnake, a warning or another hunter. And we wanted to be able to hear the steps of a deer or the gobble of a distant wild turkey.

  

  Bob Walker
  • Hunting
  • Protection
  • Turkey

• Men will consider deeply before they buy a tie or choose a meal; but when it comes to throwing aside their purpose in life, possibly life itself, they do not think at all. They consent to be marshalled, controlled, exposed to unimagined shock, mutilation and death, with barely a tremor, and their reasons for complying, if indeed they have any, would comparen most shamefully with their reasons for doing anything else.

  

  Elizabeth Jane Howard
  • Death
  • Purpose
  • Choose

• I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Power
  • Help
  • Man

• I have a lot on my plate. I'm not going to lie about it, I'm tired. I'm really tired but I'm also very happy with my life.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Happy
  • Lie
  • Plate

• Religion is a good invention in times of stress.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Religion
  • Stress
  • Times

• There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.

  

  Saul Bellow
  • Times
  • Lie