Elias Canetti Quotes

I love writers who limit themselves, who write beneath their intelligence.

Elias Canetti

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• The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Men
  • Women
  • Problem

• I bumped into my cousin after she'd shaved her hair very short, and she looked incredible. She seemed so effortless and cool, and I wanted that. And, I've had it like that ever since.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • She
  • Cool
  • Hair

• If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Party
  • Government
  • Feel

• Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Men
  • May
  • Political

• Fascism is very much a mob movement.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Movement
  • Very
  • Fascism

• I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Play
  • Like
  • Try

• Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

  

  Walter Winchell
  • Life
  • New
  • New York

• I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Heart
  • Hate
  • Pet

• In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Job
  • Americans
  • Taxes

• I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • World
  • She
  • Age

• American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Up
  • American

• Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Political
  • Democrat
  • Orientation

• Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Important
  • United States

• It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

  

  J. M. G. Le Clezio
  • Writing
  • Way
  • Best

• I felt I'd earned the Good Housekeeping Seal when I designed an oval-shaped spaghetti pot, because spaghetti is long.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Good
  • Long
  • Pot

• The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • People
  • Law
  • Driving

• I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Great
  • Music
  • Think

• If you laugh, we just do another take. Laughter is too rare nowadays. If you can bust a gut, let it go, and we'll just go back to one.

  

  Jason Bateman
  • Laughter

• I soon had to admit that what I did by myself couldn't excite me, only what Lila touched became important.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Important
  • Excite

• You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!

  

  Brett Somers
  • Personality
  • Famous

• Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.

  

  Renzo Piano
  • Dream
  • Adventurer
  • Explorers

• The pleasantly crude 'Hall Pass' reminds us of what's been missing from movies: Those squirm-inducing moments in comedy that produce enough discomfort that, at points, what we're watching is half a heartbeat away from a horror film.

  

  Elvis Mitchell
  • Comedy
  • Moments
  • Missing

• I love writers who limit themselves, who write beneath their intelligence.

  

  Elias Canetti