Brendan Kennelly Quotes

A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

Brendan Kennelly

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• For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Woman

• Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Attitude
  • Morality

• It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Life
  • Important
  • Family

• Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Balance
  • Sweet
  • Cooking

• The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Great
  • American
  • Single

• We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Law
  • Grace
  • Quick

• I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Business
  • Man
  • Thoughts

• But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • Play
  • Impossible
  • September

• It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Up
  • World
  • Dream

• I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Believe
  • Society
  • I Believe

• The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.

  

  Tania Raymonde
  • People
  • Work
  • Future

• The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Life
  • Death
  • Best

• The house clock, place certain there at the bottom of things, strikes the half hour dry and null. All is so much, all is so deep, all is so dark and cold!

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • House
  • Dark
  • Deep

• I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.

  

  Larry Holmes
  • Life
  • World
  • True

• Pornography is the essential sexuality of male power: of hate, of ownership, of hierarchy; of sadism, of dominance.

  

  Andrea Dworkin
  • Power
  • Hate

• The Torjagerkanone means a lot to me. It was a great effort - made by the whole team.

  

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  • Great
  • Team
  • Effort

• I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.

  

  Sheryl Crow

• Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Funny ironing board covers - I hate them.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Society
  • Funny
  • Hate

• I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don't have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.

  

  Adena Friedman
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Thinking

• Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

  

  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Work
  • True
  • Education

• The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

  

  David Horsey
  • Money
  • Truth
  • American

• It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all.

  

  William James
  • Reality
  • Religious
  • Destiny

• Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Society
  • Source
  • Stupidity

• A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

  

  Brendan Kennelly
  • Reality
  • Writer
  • Interested