George Steiner Quotes

The age of the book is almost gone.

George Steiner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AgeBookGoneAlmost

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Jim Moran

ThinkVotingIndependentDifficult

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Jim Carrey

CoolClassScaryHeMorganFreeman

For the vast majority of my adult life, I was a freelance writer, forever scrambling for work that paid an insulting non-amount.

Jen Sincero

LifeWorkForeverAdultPaidWriter

In a tripartite government with its checks and balances, we have lost the balances.

John Fleming

GovernmentLostChecks And Balances

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

Robert McChesney

TimeMoneyInfluenceRichAttention

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Jean Genet

StrangeWhoFactKnowsSingularity

Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.

Stockard Channing

DisappointmentHardestDealingPart

I don't like individual awards because this is a team sport, and the coaches try to promote the collective.

Julen Lopetegui

TeamTryAwardsIndividualBecause

My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest things about us.

Chris Abani

PeopleTransformationSearchLook

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

Thomas Huxley

TruthLearnTrueRightOrder

Playing it safe isn't fun; you have to take a chance.

Rick Nielsen

FunChanceYouTake A ChanceSafe

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally.

Kevin Pietersen

I AmShootingWhoHipAmTerms

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