If literature isn’t everything, it’s not worth a single hour of someone’s trouble. Jean-Paul Sartre
If literature isn’t everything, it’s not worth a single hour of someone’s trouble.LiteratureQuotations by Jean-Paul Sartre
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth. Laura Riding
There can be no literary equivalent to truth.LiteratureQuotations by Laura Riding
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.LiteratureQuotations by Jules Renard
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity. Ezra Pound
The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.LiteratureQuotations by Ezra Pound
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. Ezra Pound
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.LiteratureQuotations by Ezra Pound
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. Ezra Pound
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.LiteratureQuotations by Ezra Pound
Literature is news that stays news. Ezra Pound
Literature is news that stays news.LiteratureQuotations by Ezra Pound
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. Iris Murdoch
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.LiteratureQuotations by Iris Murdoch
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. John Morley
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.LiteratureQuotations by John Morley
What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature. Henry Miller
What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.LiteratureQuotations by Henry Miller
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. Herman Melville
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.LiteratureQuotations by Herman Melville
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people. Andre Maurois
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.LiteratureQuotations by Andre Maurois
There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity. Mario Vargas Llosa
There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.LiteratureQuotations by Mario Vargas Llosa
A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on. Georg C. Lichtenberg
A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.LiteratureQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead. Sinclair Lewis
Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.LiteratureQuotations by Sinclair Lewis
Literature is analysis after the event. Doris Lessing
Literature is analysis after the event.LiteratureQuotations by Doris Lessing
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. D. H. Lawrence
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.LiteratureQuotations by D. H. Lawrence
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.LiteratureQuotations by Henry James
Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art. Dean William R. Inge
Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art.LiteratureQuotations by Dean William R. Inge
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. Andre Gide
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.LiteratureQuotations by Andre Gide
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. Ford Madox Ford
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.LiteratureQuotations by Ford Madox Ford
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. Ernst Fischer
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.LiteratureQuotations by Ernst Fischer
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad. Ralph Waldo Emerson
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.LiteratureQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry. Lord Chesterfield
Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.LiteratureQuotations by Lord Chesterfield
All literature is gossip. Truman Capote
All literature is gossip.LiteratureQuotations by Truman Capote
All literature is political. LeVar Burton
All literature is political.LiteratureQuotations by LeVar Burton
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug. George Borrow
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.LiteratureQuotations by George Borrow
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. Hugh Blair
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.LiteratureQuotations by Hugh Blair
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. Gaston Bachelard
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.LiteratureQuotations by Gaston Bachelard
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. George Age
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.LiteratureQuotations by George Age
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong — or you are absolutely right. Albert Guinon
When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong — or you are absolutely right.Literary CriticismQuotations by Albert Guinon
Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. Walter Benjamin
Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.Literary CriticismQuotations by Walter Benjamin
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis. William A. Ward
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.ListeningQuotations by William A. Ward
Hear much, speak little Source Unknown
Hear much, speak littleListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply. Source Unknown
One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply.ListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening. Source Unknown
Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.ListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen. Source Unknown
There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.ListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut Source Unknown
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shutListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say. Source Unknown
God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say.ListeningQuotations by Source Unknown
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. Frank Tyger
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.ListeningQuotations by Frank Tyger