Marilyn Hacker Quotes

Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.

Marilyn Hacker

• Writing
• Study
• Literature
• Text

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • People
  • Home
  • Effort

• I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Happens
  • Fan
  • Bully

• I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.

  

  Jacinda Barrett
  • Character
  • Think
  • Kind

• The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Art
  • Truth
  • Wisdom

• Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Work
  • Vision
  • Commitment

• Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Consciousness
  • Deny

• We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Trying
  • Knowledge
  • Know

• Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • Up
  • Man

• I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Done
  • Wonder
  • Tough

• I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.

  

  Frances O'Connor
  • Thought
  • Passionate
  • WIld

• There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Done
  • Book
  • Feminist

• The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

  

  Ovid
  • Others
  • Crop
  • Heavier

• I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?

  

  Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
  • Why
  • America
  • High

• Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Writing
  • Like
  • Road

• Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • Deep
  • Very
  • New Years

• People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'

  

  Maggie Wheeler
  • People
  • Know
  • Like

• I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Judge
  • Television
  • Indian

• Fare thee well! and if forever,Still forever, fare thee well:Even though unforgiving, never'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Heart
  • Forever
  • Rebel

• My talent is numbers.

  

  David Schweikert

• I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place. I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level.

  

  Desmond Tutu
  • God
  • Heaven
  • Sorry

• When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

  

  Sheldon Harnick
  • Willing
  • Collaborate
  • Scrap

• What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.

  

  Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Writing
  • Mom

• Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.

  

  Marilyn Hacker
  • Writing
  • Study
  • Literature