Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes

As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: ukrainian
  • Birth: July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970

Topics

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I was shy at school.

Mia Wasikowska

SchoolShy

It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie.

John Updike

GoodHardMakeShotTeeAfter

I think libraries give the feeling that people are there to work. It's a little bit like an artist's colony in the sense that there's some sort of shared experience. There's respect for quiet, more or less, but otherwise, there's activity.

Stephen McCauley

WorkRespectExperiencePeopleThink

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.

Skeet Ulrich

LifeEyesMomentLookActorWay

Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession.

Tom Douglas

AwesomeProfessionUndervaluedCooks

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.

Rose Kennedy

FatherHomeLiveTimePolitical

In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom.

Moby

HairWorldPerfectLookBloomHead

I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.

Liza Minnelli

WalkMeMovingTargetKeep Moving

I used to read about people who'd say, 'I dream my books, and then I write them down.' And I was like, 'Oh, please.'

Judy Blume

PeopleDreamDownSayWriteUsed

I don't know much, but I like talking to people who know a lot more than I do.

Bryan Callen

PeopleTalkingKnowMoreWhoLike

I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out.

Anthony Doerr

RainGoNeverInsideKidOut

I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.

Anthony Hopkins

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