Raymond Queneau Quotes
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
Quotes to Explore
-
Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
-
I want to continue to be me and share with people.
-
My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
-
I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
-
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
-
I'm a warrior for the middle class.
-
Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
-
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
-
It's all about sound. It's that simple.
-
For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
-
I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
-
Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
-
Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!
-
I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
-
'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.
-
My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
-
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
-
The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.
-
I didn't have a record player.
-
It's difficult to sustain a growth rate like we've been seeing.
-
Technique is of less interest than character and story.
-
I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by.
-
If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.
-
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
