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John Barth Quotes

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 27, 1930

Topics

History More Secret Battles Bills

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

John D. Rockefeller

Life Think I Can Nothing Pleasure

The arts stimulate imagination. They provoke thought. And then, having done that, all sorts of other things happen.

Imagination Thought Things Happen

When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative-thinking skills.

Success Look Skills Because

Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can't see the actor, when it's just the voice.

Performance Voice Strong You Actor

Growth theory did not begin with my articles of 1956 and 1957, and it certainly did not end there. Maybe it began with 'The Wealth of Nations'; and probably even Adam Smith had predecessors.

Growth End Wealth Begin Theory Even

We have to sell a gameplan, and you have to be enthusiastic, and you have to have energy come Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Energy Friday You Wednesday Thursday

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

Stephen Hawking

Weather Predict More Days Than Few

I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.

Long Envy Person Falling Happen

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

Enough Characters Female Often Too

'True Blood' allows you to be big, so it's almost like you're on stage, and I'm comfortable with that.

You Blood True Comfortable Stage

In addition to offering benefits to those who invest, carry out research, and create jobs, higher taxes on land and real-estate speculation would redirect capital toward productivity-enhancing spending - the key to long-term improvement in living standards.

Joseph Stiglitz

Improvement Research Key Create Land

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Jorge Luis Borges

Reality Always Likely Probable

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