John Cheever Quotes

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony.

John Cheever

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RainWomanPeopleWindowAmerican

It's almost as if a demon might have passed from one host to another.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

MightHostAlmostDemonAnother

We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights.

Andrew Solomon

SecurityNeverHumanRightsAfford

Every day, we hear that somebody got saved to our music from all over the world. The music reaches people. It can encourage them. I feel like I have to do it because there's somebody out there who needs to hear the gospel.

Andrae Crouch

MusicDayPeopleWorldFeelOver

Isolationism is not leadership.

John Hickenlooper

LeadershipIsolationism

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Simone de Beauvoir

LiveVictoryEnoughLongYouDefeat

I'm inspired by my master's movie 'Kerd ma lui,' Bruce Lee's 'Fists of Fury,' and Jackie Chan's 'Police Story.'

Tony Jaa

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You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'

Rosario Dawson

ResponsibilityLawSayingLongYou

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre.

Rutina Wesley

TheatreVegasBornGoUniversity

You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.

Lowell Bergman

HeroStoryYouFindWantNewspaper

Football does not stop. Spanish football is proud of its past, but we will look to the future.

Julen Lopetegui

FutureFootballPastProudLook

Fashion is a good job for a young girl. I like clothes - I like to play with clothes. I like DIY; I like to make outfit.

Liu Wen

GoodGirlJobFashionClothesPlay

I'm pretty simple, I don't use a hairbrush or a certain kind of hair product.

Josh Hutcherson

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