Flannery O Connor Famous Quotes
"Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe."
Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O Connor Quotations
"Once a new technology rolls over you, if your're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road."
Stewart Brand
"Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn."
Igor Stravinski
Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them
Jules Feiffer
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
William Arthur Ward
"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."
Dwight D Eisenhower
Threats don't work with the person who's got nothing to lose.
Maduro Ash
"Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos."
Archbishop Ireland
"McCovey swings and misses, and its fouled back"
Jerry Coleman
With silence favor me.
Horace
"When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret."
Kahlil Gibran