Doris Lessing Quotes

I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013

Topics

MotherChildrenSayingThoughtGo

All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!

Robert Musil

GodAloneDayTogetherManWorld

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!'

Anna Chlumsky

MindWaitGoldComputersSaidTeeth

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.

Tony Campolo

ThinkShortProblemAbortionMoral

We must be capable of writing our own history.

Rithy Panh

HistoryWritingCapableOwnMust

I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because I'm constantly surrounded by adults.

Mischa Barton

AgeDoingSillyWantMoviesMature

The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama's legacy: do not start off with a compromise. They won't meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader.

Chelsea Manning

LeaderSimpleLegacyStartYouMeet

The idea of going off to an office every day and 'putting on my art hat' doesn't appeal.

Cornelia Parker

ArtDayHatEvery DayOfficeGoing

The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.

Conrad Black

GentleUnpredictableNaturalAgainst

You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.

Alice Walker

ThinkYouKnowWillRaceSurvivor

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

Poppy Z. Brite

GreatMeInsignificantLikeEven

Life only has narrative when we frame it and edit it and call it certain things.

Peter Landesman

LifeFrameNarrativeThingsCall

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.

Susan Sontag

ChangeBeautyPastNewPossibleSee

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