Northrop Frye Quotes

In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.

Northrop Frye

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 14, 1912 - January 23, 1991

Topics

WorkArtDayLawLiteratureEnough

I was a dogged reporter.

Joanna Coles

ReporterDogged

Life was easy was back in the days before human resource departments controlled business and someone decided we all should be politically correct.

Jerry Della Femina

LifeBusinessSomeoneEasyBack

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Robert Green Ingersoll

WorkGodManHonestNoblest

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Sophocles

GratitudeBirthAlwaysGives

L. A. is crazy. The women all look the same now. That thing with the cheeks. Like Madonna. Who do they think they're fooling? It doesn't make them look young. You end up looking like a freak.

Sofia Vergara

WomenCrazyLookingThinkEndLook

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

Judith Wright

PastUniverseOthersConnectWell

We knew that they would probably go after someone.

Jon Johansen

SomeoneGoWouldKnewAfter

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

Chris Kattan

MeThinkSelfFriendsDownKnow

'Session 9' can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can also be read as a much more clinical movie that shows a man who becomes unhinged or may be going mad. An inspiration was Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now.'

Brad Anderson

ManEvilYouLookMadNow

People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace.

Paul Watson

GoodMoneyPeopleFeel GoodGiving

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.

Leonardo DiCaprio

TogetherSayComfortableAnything

I've been a sports fan forever.

Kygo

SportsForeverSports FanBeenFan

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