William Gaddis Quotes

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

William Gaddis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 29, 1922 - December 16, 1998

Topics

PowerPeopleCorrupt

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ObedienceRightForceOnlyPowers

I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal.

Michael Arden

AnimalThinkFeelingPrettyHePart

After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president for seven years provided an opportunity to interact with scientists in many different fields and broadened my scope of the natural sciences.

Torsten Wiesel

OpportunityBecomePresidentForty

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.

Ron Fournier

SuccessHealthHumilityCareCapable

I'm a huge fan of wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great.

Ronda Rousey

WomenGreatI CanWrestlingSeeFan

By the time you're in your 30s, unless somebody makes the god-awful decision to gift you with a cooking class or salsa lessons, it may have been a while since you learnt something new.

Mary H.K. Choi

TimeDecisionCookingGiftYouNew

I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.

Michaela Watkins

FamilyConnectionsFriendsHollywood

There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to do about it, although we've tried to reach these dropout readers with the 'young adult' book.

Lloyd Alexander

FunnyPeopleBookReachYoungKind

That whole business of having two homes, and that divided loyalty bind that kids get into. I mean, my parents were divorced - though I was adult - but I still grappled with being responsible to both of them.

Jayne Anne Phillips

BusinessLoyaltyParentsMeanTwo

Eating right and exercising is more important than what you put on your face.

Bobbi Brown

EatingFaceYouImportantRightPut

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

Wislawa Szymborska

WorkGoodRespectI AmPoetry

When your buddy tells you a movie is good, that's worth 2,000 commercials.

Tucker Max

GoodWorthYouYourBuddyMovie

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