Literature Quotes - Page 29

• I think it is a quest of literature throughout the ages to describe the human condition.

  Werner Herzog

  Thinking, Age, Quests

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• I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

  Pratibha Patil

  Happiness, Art, Believe

  Pratibha Patil's Speech on the Eve of Demitting Office of the President, pib.nic.in. July 24, 2012.

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• When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.

  Jessica Savitch

  Jobs, Long, Losing

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

  Jessica Savitch

  People, Rooms, Worst

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

  Andrew Bird

  Imagination, Dry, My Favorite

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. January 20, 2009.

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• If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.

  Eric Bogosian

  Thinking, Cities, People

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• As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Knowing, Agendas, Facts

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• Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Opportunity, Giving, Needs

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• Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of buying and selling power can move markets.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Powerful, Moving, Giving

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• The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Data, Example, Analysis

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• The average trade of an individual is in the thousands of shares, whereas the institutional trade can be in the millions of shares. Clearly, the bigger the order, the bigger the move in the stock.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Moving, Average, Order

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• You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.

  Aidan Chambers

  Reading, Reader

  "Shock tactics" by Alison Brace, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2000.

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• One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent.

  Justin Cronin

  Space, Individual, Theme

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• As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake.

  Eric Allin Cornell

  Mistake, Chinese, Study

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• Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

  Herbert Croly

  Believe, Majority, Chance

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I've always said that music is like literature.

  Jose Carreras

  Said, Music Is

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• If I hear the word 'perky' again, I'll puke.

  Katie Couric

  Perky, Ifs, Puke

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• Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

  Linda Chavez

  White, Rights, Violence

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• Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived and written. The settings are wonderfully pictorial. There is no doubt in my mind that Cutting for Stone will endure in the permanent literature of our time.

  Richard Selzer

  Brother, Cutting, Medicine

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• Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars.

  Jared Diamond

  Air, Years, People

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• The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

  Jared Diamond

  Book, Media, Iraq

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• The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

  Jared Diamond

  Crops, Natal, Enormous

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• We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

  Jared Diamond

  Social, Uncomfortable, Considering

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• I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Mean, Honor, Might

  "Interview: Jeffrey Eugenides on writing in C major". Interview with Carolyn Kellogg, latimesblogs.latimes.com. October 29, 2011.

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• I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

  Nora Roberts

  Believe, Writing, Moments

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