George Steiner Quotes

I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.

George Steiner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 23, 1929

Topics

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The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film 'The Palestinian.' Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press.

Joely Richardson

MotherMoneySchoolBuildingThree

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Ann Landers

GoodMindMeasurePersonTrueHim

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Ameen Rihani

WorldEgoPresentStateEver

I love human beings. I believe that there is so much to learn from every person you meet, including a child.

Amisha Patel

LoveChildBelieveLearnYouPerson

I love basketball because it's social, and you're not even thinking about working out - you're just playing a game and getting great exercise at the same time.

Sterling K. Brown

LoveGreatTimeBasketballGameYou

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

Tony Robbins

FutureRichThinkWillMatterLead

I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.

Rita Ora

WomenKnowSometimesFriendliness

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

Mikaela Shiffrin

WinningOne ThingOlympicMedal

To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices.

Michael Pitt

ChoicesBoldHonestControversial

Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that's popular and that's making a splash - that's how I get motivated.

Jay DeMarcus

MusicPeopleListeningWritingNew

I know you can be funny without being filthy.

Jonathan Winters

FunnyYouKnowWithoutBeingFilthy

The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.

Chris Gibson

GovernmentWantConsensusFounders

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