Mikhail Sholokhov Quotes

One might say that the novel is the genre that most predisposes one to a profound insight into the tremendous life around us, instead of putting forward one's own tiny ego as the centre of the universe.

Mikhail Sholokhov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: May 24, 1905 - February 21, 1984

Topics

LifeEgoForwardUniverseSayOwn

I think if I produced a show I would not want to be part of that production. That's not... I'm not... I mean, I couldn't even sell Boy Scout chocolate bars when I was a kid!

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

ThinkChocolateScoutWantBoyMean

I grew up in the church, and I always kind of knew Bible stories and knew the Sunday school answers, but when I was a freshman in high school I joined youth group, and that's when I started to see radical love; that's when I started to see what Christian community is supposed to look like and what fellowship is supposed to look like.

Jeremy Lin

LoveCommunitySchoolYouthBible

I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the off-season, it is to spend time with my family.

Jens Voigt

FamilyTimeManI AmPriorities

During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!'

Max von Sydow

ChangeServiceThoughtNameSketch

I grew up born and raised in Las Vegas and actually grew up skiing. You know, we've got some ski resorts close to Las Vegas, up in Mount Charleston or Brian Head, so I grew up skiing and snowboarding.

Amy Purdy

SkiingVegasYouBornKnowHead

Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they don't conform to the tastes of Upper West Side intellectuals? Use human rights as your excuse!

Stephen Kinzer

GovernmentSupportPeopleWorldWant

How young can you die of old age?

Steven Wright

AgeOld AgeDieYouYoungOld

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

Robert Cormier

YouCensorshipBoyUpsetGetSeldom

I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found.

Mary Leakey

CuriousUpThingsFoundLikedDraw

I believe in President Obama.

Jason Kander

BelieveI BelievePresidentObama

I feel that I am better than Roman Reigns, but you know what? He hasn't wrestled as long as I have.

Dolph Ziggler

I AmBetterFeelLongYouKnow

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal for a guilty person.

Dominick Dunne

WinDoingGuiltyPersonAnything

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