Journalism is literature in a hurry. Matthew Arnold
Journalism is literature in a hurry.
While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. Cyril Connolly
While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.
Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty. Herbert Gold
Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength. Lawrence Clark Powell
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. Amy Lowell
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. David Lodge
Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round.
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That's why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history ~~ they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity. David C. Mccullough
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That's why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history ~~ they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity.
Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart. Salman Rushdie
Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Literature bores me, especially great literature. John Berryman
Literature bores me, especially great literature.
"Little magazines" are, for the most part, the mayflies of the literary world. Frederick Crews
"Little magazines" are, for the most part, the mayflies of the literary world.
The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord. John Gregory Dunne
The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power. John Cheever
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives. Camilo Jose Cela
Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. Nelson Algren
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.
Literature is the question minus the answer. Roland Barthes
Literature is the question minus the answer.
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world. John Cheever
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.
Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home. Zelda Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens. E. B. White
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted. Ellen Glasgow
Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.
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.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. G. K. Chesterton
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once. Cyril Connolly
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.
These findings are consistent with an emerging literature on the beneficial impact of faith and spirituality on health. Carissa Low
These findings are consistent with an emerging literature on the beneficial impact of faith and spirituality on health.
If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age? Robert Gould Shaw
If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age?
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. Robert Lynd
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.
The thing about this festival that I love is that it brings people from all walks of life together for a common humanity and that's literature. Andrew Carroll
The thing about this festival that I love is that it brings people from all walks of life together for a common humanity and that's literature.
I'm not a scholar, I didn't have a scholar's attitude toward literature. Scott Turow
I'm not a scholar, I didn't have a scholar's attitude toward literature.
He said he didn't have to, that he was just telling the truth. When I read the literature, I didn't feel that was what he was doing. Madeline Schmidt
He said he didn't have to, that he was just telling the truth. When I read the literature, I didn't feel that was what he was doing.
We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. Percy Bysshe Shelley
We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.
We don't agree that there is widespread literature of that kind in mosques in America. Ibrahim Hooper
We don't agree that there is widespread literature of that kind in mosques in America.
The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other people's eyes. All good books do this. Sandra Cisneros
The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other people's eyes. All good books do this.
You don't have to be a fish to study underwater archeology or to swim. You don't have to be Jewish to be interested in Jewish literature. Charles Isbell
You don't have to be a fish to study underwater archeology or to swim. You don't have to be Jewish to be interested in Jewish literature.
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented. Northrop Frye
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
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.
She touted [the convention] in her campaign literature until she lost — badly. Bob Ferguson
She touted [the convention] in her campaign literature until she lost — badly.
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. Vladimir Nabokov
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.
I guarantee you (his opponents) will use it in campaign literature. Jack Orr
I guarantee you (his opponents) will use it in campaign literature.
We don't have good evidence, good research and good literature that supports some of these time frames, ... So they're a best guess at this point. Brian Postl
We don't have good evidence, good research and good literature that supports some of these time frames, ... So they're a best guess at this point.
Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. Ravi Shankar
Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.
Everybody in the world should have comprehensive access to all the literature. Michael Eisen
Everybody in the world should have comprehensive access to all the literature.
His most rational response to my attempts at drawing him out about literature and art was 'I adore italics, don't you?' Siegfried Sassoon
His most rational response to my attempts at drawing him out about literature and art was 'I adore italics, don't you?'
The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors. Tristan Tzara
The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.
Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature. Walter Gilbert
Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.
Our review of the literature says this appears to be bigger than in the past. Bob Dietz
Our review of the literature says this appears to be bigger than in the past.
It's an extraordinarily compelling page turner that also happens to be a major work of literature. Jonathan Burnham
It's an extraordinarily compelling page turner that also happens to be a major work of literature.
We don't allow anyone permission to just come in and drop off literature. You can't just do this willy-nilly. Colin Riley
We don't allow anyone permission to just come in and drop off literature. You can't just do this willy-nilly.
...I have concluded that Literature is no proper pursuit for a gentleman; and that Writing ought never to be consider'd but as an elegant Accomplishment to be indulg'd in with infrequency, and Discrimination. H. P. Lovecraft
...I have concluded that Literature is no proper pursuit for a gentleman; and that Writing ought never to be consider'd but as an elegant Accomplishment to be indulg'd in with infrequency, and Discrimination.
There are so many books, once banned, that are foundations of English literature, so it was very important to gain awareness of this threat to English literature. Courtney Lewis
There are so many books, once banned, that are foundations of English literature, so it was very important to gain awareness of this threat to English literature.
This list and the films on it are meant to be scrutinized and criticized, dissected and collected, viewed and reviewed. They are the literature of our industry and the legacy of our union. Patric M. Verrone
This list and the films on it are meant to be scrutinized and criticized, dissected and collected, viewed and reviewed. They are the literature of our industry and the legacy of our union.
Newer teachers also have a broader perspective on literature. Larry Johannessen
Newer teachers also have a broader perspective on literature.
Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature. Martin H. Fischer
Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. Andre Maurois
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
This anthology in essence has established the canon of African-American literature, and it will continue to do so for at least the next quarter century. Craig Werner
This anthology in essence has established the canon of African-American literature, and it will continue to do so for at least the next quarter century.
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. F. Sagan
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected. Salman Rushdie
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
Literature is news that stays news. Ezra Pound
Literature is news that stays news.
For our particular purposes, one of the things they get to do is study great literature in depth. Carl Moore
For our particular purposes, one of the things they get to do is study great literature in depth.
Literature and Society in the First Modern Period, 321 B.C. - A.D. 235. Joseph Farrell
Literature and Society in the First Modern Period, 321 B.C. - A.D. 235.
Because the historical literature talks about his clumsy gait . . . it raises the possibility that that was caused by a mutation in this gene. Laura Ranum
Because the historical literature talks about his clumsy gait . . . it raises the possibility that that was caused by a mutation in this gene.
We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature. Bart Ehrman
We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature.
We walked the halls of the legislative office building in Albany with a shopping cart, ... We stopped at every office with our literature. Gregory Mills
We walked the halls of the legislative office building in Albany with a shopping cart, ... We stopped at every office with our literature.
I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers. Jim Morrison
I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.
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.
What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature? Nero Wolfe
What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?
The literature at the top says Reader's Digest but it is not. If you look at the literature, it says USA Direct Inc. What they do is say you have won and of course everyone knows Reader's Digest so they assume it's legitimate. Jeannie Hoskins
The literature at the top says Reader's Digest but it is not. If you look at the literature, it says USA Direct Inc. What they do is say you have won and of course everyone knows Reader's Digest so they assume it's legitimate.
It's a lot to read to keep up. She gives you a lot of literature that you keep and I know that I will be using it a lot. Concepcion Ehrlich
It's a lot to read to keep up. She gives you a lot of literature that you keep and I know that I will be using it a lot.
American culture, including its literature, has been enriched over many decades by the work of its immigrant authors. Alvin Rosenfeld
American culture, including its literature, has been enriched over many decades by the work of its immigrant authors.
I don't feel like I have to conform to some idea of what black literature is. I think of my ideas and I try to execute them well. Colson Whitehead
I don't feel like I have to conform to some idea of what black literature is. I think of my ideas and I try to execute them well.
There a lot of interest in Civil War era books and literature, and this is going to be a successful showing. Matthew Onion
There a lot of interest in Civil War era books and literature, and this is going to be a successful showing.
Hemingway's short fiction is what changed American literature. Michael Reynolds
Hemingway's short fiction is what changed American literature.
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
We're able to cover history, geography, science, math, literature, phy. ed. and music. Connie Baker
We're able to cover history, geography, science, math, literature, phy. ed. and music.
Our American professors like their literature clear, cold, pure and very dead. Sinclair Lewis
Our American professors like their literature clear, cold, pure and very dead.
This book has been called indisputably the most important book in English literature and the most important secular book of all time. Peter Selley
This book has been called indisputably the most important book in English literature and the most important secular book of all time.
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. John Henry Newman
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.
It (the selection of Jelinek) has done irreparable damage to the Nobel literature prize, both those who came before Elfriede Jelinek and those who came after her. Elfriede Jelinek
It (the selection of Jelinek) has done irreparable damage to the Nobel literature prize, both those who came before Elfriede Jelinek and those who came after her.
Unfortunately, the literature provides little guidance on which interventions, and under which circumstances, best reduce language barriers. Elizabeth Jacobs
Unfortunately, the literature provides little guidance on which interventions, and under which circumstances, best reduce language barriers.
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