Charles Lemert Quotes
“Writing succeeds at whatever it does in spite of the sparseness of its means relative to the worlds evoked.”Charles Lemert
Quotes to Explore
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose -
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
Umberto Eco -
The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
Manti Te'o
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
L'Wren Scott -
I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
Laura Wasser -
I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
Natasha Bedingfield -
I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
Tacitus -
I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
A. S. Byatt
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It's always extremities when you are a young black male dealing with law enforcement.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr. -
I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me.
B. B. King -
Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.
Albert Einstein -
When writers for adults contemplate Venice, they behold decay, dereliction and death. Thomas Mann, Daphne du Maurier, L. P. Hartley and Salley Vickers have all dispatched hapless protagonists to Italy, where they see Venice - and die.
Jan Mark -
I'm a graphic-novel guy. I can't handle the wait for monthly or bi-monthly comics; I need the story finished so I can buy the whole thing.
Chris Wooding -
Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.
Jeff Bridges
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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Gao Xingjian -
What he's likely to do is to continue writing and speaking, as he has done to some extent at the Fed, and pursuing his interests in economics, which are very intense, ... He loves working with data and thinking of new ideas about the economy. I suspect we will get some of that, and in some ways, he'll be a little bit freer to speak.
Alice Rivlin -
I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for.
Barbara Mandrell -
I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.
Douglas Coupland -
“Writing succeeds at whatever it does in spite of the sparseness of its means relative to the worlds evoked.”
Charles Lemert