Henry James Quotes

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left.

Henry James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

Topics

LifeAmericanWonderKnowBecome

I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all.

Joel Osteen

GodThinkQuestionsUnderstandNever

I love Katharine Hepburn. I love Liesl in 'The Sound of Music.' I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn.

Maya Hawke

LoveMusicSoundJulieI Love

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.

Angela Carter

HistoryExperienceYourselfWorld

Everyone sees drama from his own perspective.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

PerspectiveDramaEveryoneOwnHis

I'm going to stand in my truth no matter what.

Tomi Lahren

TruthStandMatterGoingMy Truth

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

Roddy Doyle

ExperienceWordsStoryYouPersonal

Being female was just one more way I felt different and weird. I was also a young 'un, and also my cartoons were not like typical 'New Yorker' cartoons.

Roz Chast

WeirdNewYoungWayMoreJust One

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It's the way I think.

Michael Schumacher

I AmThinkPressureI CanKnowWay

Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be.

Michael Leunig

LifeNatureArtKnowRudeApologize

I'm a very modest person.

Drew Brees

PersonModestVeryModest Person

It costs less to eat and live more healthfully. Walking, loving, meditating, and quitting smoking are free and require no special equipment.

Dean Ornish

LiveFreeSmokingWalkingLoving

I still find new things every night, which is the beauty and fun of live theater. It's a living, breathing art form.

Brandon Uranowitz

BeautyLiveArtNew ThingsFunFind

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