John le Carre Quotes

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 19, 1931

Topics

ExperienceChildhoodWiseParents

Shale is one answer to the U.K.'s energy problem, and it has obviously worked extraordinarily well in America.

Jim Ratcliffe

EnergyAmericaProblemAnswerWell

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

Jill Scott

LovePeopleAmazingWorldFind

We're not up there in space just to joyride around. We're up there to do things that are of value to everybody right here on Earth.

John Glenn

ValueSpaceEarthRightUpHere

I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

Anjelica Huston

YouAudienceShowOnlyLikeKnows

Death is the welcome cessation of idiocy.

Stephen Evans

DeathWelcomeIdiocyCessation

Love is a promise delivered already broken.

Steve Martin

LoveBrokenLove IsPromise

As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

Tony Kushner

PeopleYouAudienceThingsWell

For folks in Washington to believe that they are smart enough to pick the next energy technology is, in my judgment, the height of arrogance. For me or any of my peers to pick energy-technology X as the solution to solving America's energy problems is just a fool's errand.

Mike Pompeo

TechnologyFoolSmartMeEnergy

I hate the stereotype that women who fight are 'butch' or 'wannabe men.' It's nice to be able to embrace being a beautiful, strong woman.

Miesha Tate

WomenBeautifulHateMenWomanNice

It doesn't surprise me that men in their twenties and thirties are often looking for a much older woman. What is the problem with a man of 30 being with a woman of 50? It is a matter of energy and the soul, not a matter of age of the body.

Monica Bellucci

AgeMenWomanSoulManMe

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.

Michael Korda

BestWritingWorldCuriosityMotive

We have not learned the lessons of 9/11. This wrongful suspicion, racial hatred, and profiling is what I keep seeing.

Mira Nair

SeeingHatredRacialSuspicionKeep

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