Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
Daniel Barenboim -
People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
Weegee -
My health is fine.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
Yami Gautam -
I do my best to stay away from dairy, especially ice cream. I've become a cookie monster whenever I want to mess around and eat something cheap.
Randy Couture
-
When I taught, the way in which we got evaluated is what I used to call the drive-by evaluation. Somebody would come in for 20 minutes with a checklist, and that would be your evaluation. So it was clearly a snapshot.
Randi Weingarten -
A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
Walter O'Brien -
My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
Ted Danson -
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
Cal Hubbard -
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
Eckhart Tolle -
Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
Walt Mossberg
-
My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
Victoria Abril -
But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
Jack Kingston -
We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
Patrick Chappatte -
We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
Najib Razak -
I want to empower and educate and inspire individuals who are giving to give in a way that is more meaningful. The more meaningful our giving is, the more giving we will do.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
Pamela Stephenson
-
Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.
Ana Castillo -
There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all.
Kate Winslet -
As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.
Christoph Waltz -
One of our canvassers was walking down a driveway last night when he came upon two bears, between a year or two weighing 150 to 180 pounds
Jim Messina Buffalo Springfield -
When did an old white guy yelling at me, telling me what to think become news? What gives him the right to tell me what to think? When was the last time he was in Iraq or Afghanistan or Sri Lanka... or anywhere that didn't have a beach?
Lisa Ling -
I have the European urge to use my feet when a drive can be dispensed with.
Vladimir Nabokov