Maira Kalman Quotes

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

Maira Kalman

Quotes to Explore

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.

Wendell Phillips
- World
- Progress
- Step
The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.

Nathaniel Philbrick
- Reality
- Control
- Emotions
I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.

Malcolm Turnbull
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.

Rabih Alameddine
- Writing
- Mystery
- Half
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.

Vikas Swarup
- Important
- Home
- Small
I think violence can never be justified.

Abbas Kiarostami
- Think
- Violence
- Never