Michael Ondaatje Quotes

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 12, 1943

Topics

TimeActionYouDramaNewWant

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.

Jeremy Irons

TogetherSocietyThinkFeelLose

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

Stephen Gardiner

LifeHomeSeaUnknownLandOutside

I was constantly being around artists and Bohemian types.

Spencer Dryden

BeingArtistsBohemianAroundTypes

I have so many friends who are designers of color.

Solange Knowles

ColorFriendsWhoManyDesigners

On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs. With 'Gold,' I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic.

Ryan Adams

MyselfGoldTryingProveWayModern

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Rudyard Kipling

MotherMomWorthPoundOunceClergy

We need to direct our efforts toward one goal, and that is to survive.

Lucio Tan

SurviveGoalNeedOurDirectToward

We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside regulated banks.

Janet Yellen

ShadowMaturityTransformationNeed

My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.

Christopher Gadsden

NatureI AmOpinionAmericanLiberty

I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage, I have a lot of fun and audiences have a lot of fun, so I'm trying to package the messages in music and sounds that are fun to perform and fun to listen to.

Aloe Blacc

MusicTimeFunPoliticalTrying

For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

Winona Ryder

TimePeopleLongLong TimeWatching

When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.

William Sanderson

LifeLawBookArmyPersonSaid

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Michael Ondaatje