John Cheever Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1912 - June 18, 1982

Topics

WorldLiteratureDespairSalvation

I like to wear dresses and skirts when I go onstage because the attitude that I have is, 'I'm so excited to introduce myself to you.' And I want to be wearing what I'd be wearing to a date or a dinner party.

Jenny Slate

AttitudeMyselfDinnerYouPartyGo

Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.

Jenny Zhang

TogetherGrowing UpLovedGrowingUp

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

Matthew McConaughey

LoveGoodThinkIndependentMore

One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubblegum? Ants? Neurology? Chocolate? Textile production? It doesn't matter. It's all productive work.

Ann Leckie

WorkTeaResearchChocolateI Can

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Simone Weil

ChurchSocialBeliefsOrganism

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

Tom Lehrer

FunnyHumorLaughterLaughYou

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Louis Pasteur

KnowledgeScienceIntelligenceWorld

I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.

Jason Priestley

LifeAmbitionHockeyOldAbility

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

DJ Khaled

GoodDreamsRestaurantBeingBecause

I think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.

Cindy Crawford

PeopleThinkWishRock StarRock

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

Boris Yeltsin

LongYouBuildThroneSitBayonets

I grew up in the countryside.

Svetlana Alexievich

UpCountrysideGrew

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