Northrop Frye Quotes

Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words.

Northrop Frye

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureScienceTimeWordsDiscovery

Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a script, indicate casting and put together a budget to present it all, but nothing beyond that.

Andrzej Wajda

TogetherPotentialPresentEnough

Saddam was a bad guy. Assad's a bad guy. Nobody's denying that.

Jeff Duncan

BadNobodyBad GuyGuySaddam

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

Shirley Temple

SciencePoliticsPastColorsBold

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities.

Tony Visconti

SleepRock StarKnowNowRockDays

I don't come from any type of entertainment. I come from a basketball family. My dad still says, 'Trevor, are you sure don't want to play basketball? You can play in college and go to the NBA!' But I did play.

Trevor Jackson

FamilyCollegeBasketballYouPlay

I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

Tom Ford

PeopleDecideJust Do ItGoingJust

Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

TimeSpaceBuildingsImportantGroup

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Livy

EndWillIn The EndIntentBetray

In Canada, we're happy to provide a safe haven for next-door neighbors in the middle of a marital dispute. And if anyone trips while crossing the border, we're happy to set their broken bones for free.

Douglas Coupland

BrokenHappyFreeBorderCanada

In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

Christopher Wren

BeautyRespectGreatRulesConfusion

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

Phyllis McGinley

ChildHugPraiseEarnedLikeThing

After sitting for two to three hours at a stretch, my feet just swell up. So I try to walk as much as I can.

Twinkle Khanna

WalkFeetI CanThreeSittingTry

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