John Banville Quotes

I don't see how English as we use it in Europe can be revivified. It's like Latin must have been in about A.D. 300, tired and used up. All one can do is press very hard stylistically to make it glow.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 8, 1945

Topics

TiredGlowHardSeeEuropeUp

If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

Joe Kaeser

BusinessSocietyYouImprove

I'm all about risque - I love that stuff. I love to be creative - that's what the entertainment business is about.

Jessica Sanchez

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You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly.

Anderson Cooper

LifeTimeYouGymTryPretty

I'm going to do what I want to do. If he wants to go to the ground, that's fine. I'm a wrestler.

Stipe Miocic

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It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider.

Tracy Morgan

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Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Ronald Reagan

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I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers.

Rudy Giuliani

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There are situations when, in your singing, in your interpretation of songs, for instance, when you want a straight tone. And I have to work really hard at getting a straight tone... That's sort of like if you have curly hair, you have curly hair.

Johnny Mathis

WorkHairSingingYouWantCurly

We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.

Donna Brazile

AngryVotingKnowElectorate

It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.

Chauncey Depew

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To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a video.

Christine McVie

MusicYouEmotionAlwaysRather

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.

William Wycherley

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