Walker Percy Quotes

Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures?

Walker Percy

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• I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Life
  • Up
  • Art

• I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • God
  • Christian
  • Fight

• Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

  

  Jack Welch
  • You
  • Change
  • Lead

• I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • American
  • Want

• Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Want
  • Stone
  • New Things

• There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.

  

  Mal Peet
  • School
  • Art
  • Odd

• The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Evil
  • Road

• 'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Like
  • Where
  • Got

• If you're offended, it's your problem.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • You
  • Problem
  • Offended

• I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Life
  • Art
  • Fear

• I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • Good
  • Man
  • Law

• Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

  

  Victor Kiam
  • Money
  • Success
  • Support

• God primes the pump of obligation.

  

  A. P. Martinich
  • God
  • Obligation
  • Pump

• I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber.

  

  Haley Reinhart
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• Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.

  

  C. C. H. Pounder
  • People
  • Powerful
  • Sound

• If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Time
  • Competition

• I used to game a lot, you know, back in the day. My gaming time done got so short that my skills ain't where they need to be to be online, you know what I'm saying? I just got that Xbox One. I gotta get my skills back, up the par to call myself a gamer.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Time
  • Done

• Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

  

  James McBride
  • Writing
  • Cutting

• I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.

  

  Zoe Cassavetes
  • Writing
  • Know
  • Right

• Indian, Indian what did you die for? Indian says, nothing at all.

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Die

• When I do videos, it's just myself.

  

  Kian Lawley

• Thank you... I deserve that. I'm really good. I'm one of the best. Actually, I'm the best, currently ranked number one in the world. So buckle up. You guys are in for a treat. Oh, 19,000 people, This is awesome. Thank you. Seriously, don't look around. It's 19,000. People watching on tv, they never know. They're so stupid. That's why they watch tv.

  

  Daniel Tosh
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature?Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures?

  

  Walker Percy
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