Amor Towles Quotes

In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.

Amor Towles

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• 'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

  

  E. T. Bell
  • Word
  • Dangerous
  • Mathematics

• The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

  

  Oliver North
  • People
  • American
  • Strong

• When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Best

• Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Control
  • Company
  • Stock

• I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Up
  • Sports

• I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.

  

  Flume
  • Years
  • Back
  • Favourite

• Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.

  

  Young Thug
  • You
  • Rap
  • Brains

• I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Today
  • Media
  • Still

• There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • Work
  • Team
  • Always

• Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • Life
  • Family
  • Education

• If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Bad
  • Fun
  • Tennis

• The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.

  

  OMI
  • Song
  • Quality
  • Meaningful

• You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

  

  Harold Prince
  • You
  • Couple
  • Years

• I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Experience
  • Comedy
  • Kind

• Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Often
  • Substance
  • Flash

• If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • You
  • Mistake
  • Enjoy

• Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Humble
  • Most
  • Jealousy

• For decades, the Arab states have seemed exceptions to the laws of politics and human nature. While liberty expanded in many parts of the globe, these nations were left behind, their 'freedom deficit' signaling the political underdevelopment that accompanied many other economic and social maladies.

  

  Elliott Abrams
  • Nature
  • Political
  • Freedom

• I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

  

  Emily VanCamp
  • Trying
  • Stop

• I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Real
  • Book
  • Think

• I first came across 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' in college, with other anthologized poems by Yeats.

  

  Billy Collins
  • College
  • Lake

• In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.

  

  Amor Towles
  • Book
  • House
  • College