Mortimer Adler Quotes

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

YourselfBookQuestionsMeaningYou

We do believe in an inside-out culture. If we hold our hosts and guests to an expectation of acceptance and belonging, it has to start within our company. Otherwise, how on earth do we have the credibility to hold them accountable if we're not doing it to ourselves?

Joe Gebbia

CultureAcceptanceStartBelieve

Money messes up everything. It ruins art. The second you start putting price tags on this stuff, it's... Art isn't for just the wealthy. It's for everybody to enjoy.

John Gourley

ArtMoneyStartEnjoyYouPrice

I've been on one TV series after another. None of the network decisions have ever made sense to me.

Megyn Price

MeDecisionsSenseBeenNoneMade

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

John McGraw

NatureStormWindSmallBoyBreeze

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

John Updike

RocksNewSoilHeartsDearPleasing

I don't feel competitive.

Shirley MacLaine

FeelCompetitive

At the fishmonger, choose fish with bright scales and clear eyes.

Tom Douglas

EyesFishChooseBrightClear

Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching.

Rory McIlroy

PositiveLoveRespectMyselfPeople

I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain day to spend time with your family and loved ones, absent of TV, phone, and other interruptions.

Joyce Giraud

FamilyFaithTimeDayLovedYou

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Jasper Johns

ThinkYouArtistI CanLivedThings

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Denis Diderot

TruthMemoryNailsForceSharpLike

My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

HusbandPlanBornPartyThreeBeen

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