Anton Chekhov Quotes

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

Anton Chekhov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904

Topics

LifeHeartThinkYouBecomeHuman

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

Jimmy Chamberlin

NowRockBandRightLittleSure

I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'

Andrew Lau

TimeMomentPeopleCrazyStartYou

I really don't want to be a hunk.

John Mayer

WantHunkReally

Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support for capital gains taxes and disregard for contracts.

Amity Shlaes

FutureSupportDoingTaxVirtueSee

There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.

Steven Chu

QualitySchoolParentsTwoSystem

I have a longstanding fascination with visual art. I do, in fact, draw as well, as I did in 'The Summer without Men.' I also write essays about visual art.

Siri Hustvedt

ArtMenSummerWriteWithoutWell

Football: War with cleats and pads.

Mike Gallagher

FootballWarPads

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

Jonathan Safran Foer

TryAmendmentDefendRefreshingGuns

Why can't ladies like nice guys?

Jorma Taccone

NiceWhyLikeNice GuysGuysLadies

Knowledge is now accepted as the best we humans can do at the moment, but with the hope that we will turn out to be wrong - and thus to advance our knowledge. What's happening to networked knowledge seems to make it much closer to the scientific idea of what knowledge is.

David Weinberger

HopeKnowledgeMomentBestWrong

I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of films, no.

Christopher Guest

SayPretendFilmLikeCertainFilms

To help my muscles rebuild after I work out, I have a small serving of cottage cheese.

Brooke Burns

WorkSmallHelpCheeseServingOut

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