Robert Gottlieb Quotes

One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great.

Robert Gottlieb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1931

Topics

GreatNonfictionMemoirWhoThose

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

Jon Lee Anderson

FoundationThinkBadHouseReason

In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.

Donald Trump

AmericaLongStrivingLivingNation

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.

Armstrong Williams

MatterHumanRealizeRightsPoint

I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive.

Alice Waters

MindGiftAppreciateGreatest Gift

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

William Shakespeare

CountryTravelerWhoseReturns

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

William Law

LifeHappyHappy LifeSecretPray

Everything I write, I've written the first draft in Austria.

Peter Morgan

WriteFirstEverythingDraftAustria

I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.

Tom Bodett

UncomfortableAlwaysTakeCommon

I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson.

Ricky Schroder

TimeDoingLessonActingNeverKid

The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived.

Leon Krier

CarProblemsGeniusProblemSolution

With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show.

Krysten Ritter

FrameShowAlmostEveryJessica

I live in Wales but spend quite a lot of time in London - I stay with my brother. When I get home after being in Manchester or London for a bit, I forget how dark the sky is, and I won't have seen stars for ages.

Kimberley Nixon

StarsHomeLiveTimeSkyBrother

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