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Stephen Greenblatt Quotes

I believe that nothing comes of nothing, even in Shakespeare. I wanted to know where he got the matter he was working with and what he did with that matter.

Stephen Greenblatt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: November 7, 1943

Topics

Believe Know Nothing Matter Working

When I was four, we went to Oahu. It was the first time we celebrated Passover away from home.

Jesse Kellerman

Home Time First Time First Four

One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.

Jeanette Winterson

Life People Enough Person Two People

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

Michael Imperioli

New York Me Gangster Easy You New

People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know they mean it as a compliment - is that I have such a narrow vision that I can't get out of it.

Stanley Donen

Vision Style People Me You Know

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.

Tracy Morgan

Funny Think Word I Think Pregnant

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Robert Burns

Wet Our Adorn Violets Bathe

Having your own character in a video game is pretty cool.

Josie Maran

Character Cool Game Own Pretty Your

The roughest part of that lifestyle is the travel and early mornings.

Josie Maran

Travel Early Lifestyle Part Mornings

The future belongs to crowds.

Don DeLillo

Future Crowds Belongs

You can be chased home or hit or called names or spit on, and it's over. You have the memory of it, but it's very different from the emotional and psychological experience of feeling invisible, of not learning the confidence to stand up in class and speak.

Chirlane McCray

Learning Confidence Home Experience

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

Christopher Hitchens

Information Press Rely Journalist

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.

Richard Morris

Music Always Been Roman Had Liturgy