Pauline Kael Quotes

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.

Pauline Kael

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 19, 1919 - September 3, 2001

Topics

PatienceArtWaitYoungOthersCall

I think sometimes when I sit down to write a song, it doesn't come out naturally, but when you are writing an email to someone, especially if you are writing to a stranger, you write much more spontaneously, and it's freer.

Jens Lekman

WritingSongThinkSomeoneYouDown

It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.

Meg Rosoff

ResponsibilityHateBookReadingYou

I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.'

Michael Gove

TimeDayPeopleControlSorryThink

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

Amy Klobuchar

FameNowTwiceOrderClaimGuess

Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.

Torquato Tasso

LoveSoulLove IsYouNeverMissing

I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.

Shirley MacLaine

FamousProblemKnowYoungMoreReal

Yellow looks good with a brown suit, but then, a brown suit never looks good.

Roger Stone

GoodYellowLooksNeverSuitBrown

Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other.

Josh McDowell

ReligionBe TrueSayTrueReligions

Whenever you're sitting across from some important person, always picture him sitting there in a suit of long red underwear. That's the way I always operated in business.

Joseph P. Kennedy

BusinessRedPictureLongYouWay

There probably could be some mileage in running a comparative study about how best to finance electoral campaigns around the world.

Jose Angel Gurria

BestFinanceWorldStudySomeHow

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

Denis Diderot

PeopleControlAlwaysOutWatchWho

I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are always huge. You're fighting for your life, or you're dealing with personal stuff. It has really high stakes attached to it, and there are green screen and explosions. You're going out on these really cool locations.

Brian J. Smith

LifeCoolGreenFightingDoingYou

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