W. G. Sebald Quotes

We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it.

W. G. Sebald

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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- Trying
- Guitar
- Bridge
I am not honest.

Larry David
- Honest
Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

Barbara Goldsmith
- Art
- History
- Question
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

Barbara Bush
- Mother
- You
- Know
Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.

Nancy Pelosi
- House
- Me
- Kind
In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.

Adam Gopnik
- Interest
- Bookstores