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Howard Jacobson Quotes

No traveller ever sets out with so little idea of where he is going or how he is going to get there than an artist does. And no traveller ever gets to a more wonderful place.

Howard Jacobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: August 25, 1942

Topics

Artist Place More Out Little Going

I feel not unlike a small boy, waking from a bad dream to find reality not much of an improvement.

John Byrne

Improvement Small Reality Feel Bad

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.

Matthew Macfadyen

World You Want Audience See Behind

Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.

Jefferson Davis

Evil Slavery Understand Master Slave

The Obama administration, seemingly without any concern or worry, funneled money around U.S. law through foreign central banks to provide a state sponsor of terrorism with $400 million in blood money for American hostages.

Jeff Duncan

Money Law American Worry Terrorism

Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.

Michael Ignatieff

Together Violence Tyranny Religions

Jill Eisenstadt is a writer of many admirable gifts. Foremost among them are a sharp eye for people, a playful love of language, and, it's probably safe to assume, nearly boundless energy.

Stephen McCauley

Love People Eye Energy Language

I made up my mind that I wanted everything, and nothing would stop me.

Suge Knight

Mind Me Stop Nothing Everything Up

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.

Sofia Coppola

Family Business Creative Important

My favorite player would probably be Steve Yzerman. He played in Detroit. I really liked the way he played and the way he handled himself.

Sidney Crosby

Detroit Way Favorite Would He Liked

The main thing is to keep it simple, keep it real, be honest and pull no stunts. You can't forget where you started and came from.

Trick Daddy

Simple You Forget Real Honest Where

Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can enlist on the side of good by prospering, making money and using our wealth to help others.

Rohinton Mistry

Good Money Help Others Evil Help

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.

Lou Gramm

Me Ideas My Own Own Well Had