Eyvind Johnson Quotes

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

Eyvind Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: July 29, 1900 - August 25, 1976

Topics

LifeWorkStorySheLife Experiences

I'm always having a crisis of faith, with everything. People who are certain are terrifying to me. That's how religious wars get started.

Andrew Garfield

FaithPeopleMeCrisisEverything

One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.

Amy Ryan

GreatJobSmartYouMove OnKnow

Everyone can have a rough day at the office, as they say. I've had those myself many times when the bell rings.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

MyselfDaySayOfficeThey SayBell

We need to get young people involved in the running of this country.

Rod Lurie

PeopleCountryYoungNeedGet

I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.

Roshni Nadar

TechnologyDecisionParentsWantDid

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

Michel de Montaigne

WaterLooksMattersSeeThingsHow

We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons.

Mohammed Aldouri

WeaponsChemicalBiological Weapons

Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one's understanding.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

EyesSpiritualUnderstandingAchieve

Any team member, any community member wants and needs to know they count, that they're welcome, and that they're important.

Christina Tosi

CommunityWelcomeTeamKnowCount

A neoliberal disaster is one who generates a mass incarceration regime, who deregulates banks and markets, who promotes chaos of regime change in Libya, supports military coups in Honduras, undermines some of the magnificent efforts in Haiti of working people, and so forth.

Cornel West

ChangePeopleChaosMilitaryWorking

Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.

Bonnie Hunt

GoodPeopleMeYouLookOver

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

Leo Durocher

PowerBaseballYouRunThingsCatch

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