Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Just because it's imaginary doesn't mean it isn't real.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Truth
  • Society
  • Health

• I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Political
  • Independent
  • Ability

• The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

  

  Socrates
  • Reality
  • Greatness
  • Key

• That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

  

  William McKinley
  • Men
  • History
  • Inspiration

• An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.

  

  William Feather
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Memories

• I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying-machine when driven by its own propellers.

  

  Alexander Graham Bell
  • Feeling
  • Kite
  • Flying-machine

• Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Human
  • Leaders
  • Interests

• It's one brother's love for another brother. It started small and has grown into what it is today.

  

  Craig Biggio
  • Love
  • Small
  • Brother

• It was amazing to have Mourinho call me, even though I'd been warned before how he would appeal to me. I listened to his arguments about why I should move to United. But at that time I was hesitant between staying at Leicester or leaving for Chelsea.

  

  N'Golo Kante
  • Amazing
  • Argument
  • Between

• I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the same equal rights.

  

  Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng
  • Believe
  • Girl
  • Should

• Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept.

  

  Ansel Adams
  • Photographer
  • Concept
  • Statement

• When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Money
  • Government
  • Leaders

• Every step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Progress
  • Duty
  • Step

• If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Attitude
  • Afraid
  • Worried

• Just because it's imaginary doesn't mean it isn't real.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Imaginary
  • Not Real
  • Not Mean