Jay Parini Quotes

One of the first courses I ever taught at Dartmouth was on the Bible as literature.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

BibleLiteratureFirstTaughtEver

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.

John Guare

LoveArtValuePeoplePaintingWay

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

Anatole France

AcceptancePersonalRiskTaskHigh

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

Jeff Flake

ControlDebateCountryCrisisBring

After six months of playing Chris Darden, it's very hard for me to separate my views from his.

Sterling K. Brown

MeHardPlayingSixViewsMonths

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.

Stanley Hauerwas

TruthSacrificeWarBattleYouTell

Looking back on it, when I was eight or nine, of course I did see myself on TV, so in a way, I was privileged.

Storm Reid

MyselfLooking BackLookingBackWay

Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.

Tom Selleck

SonNeverPunchRedwoodThrow

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

Mason Cooley

SuccessSatisfiedOrdinaryFailures

When you do anything too long, you either wear it out or lose interest.

Miles Davis

LongYouLoseOutAnythingWear

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Jose Maria Aznar

NewTerrorismAgainstAgreeRole

How many whales do we really need? I figure five. One for each ocean.

Denis Leary

OceanWhalesNeedFiveHowFigure

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

Antony Jay

SufferingLogicDonePoliticiansHe

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