Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique.

Elizabeth Bowen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: June 7, 1899 - February 22, 1973

Topics

PeopleUniqueMeetingIdeaOutlook

What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.

Joan Blades

CareSuccessfulGoingOurMembers

I don't go crazy buying expensive technology. I'd probably say my laptops and TVs are the most expensive things I've bought.

Joel David Moore

TechnologyCrazyGoSayBuyingMost

I have no bigger goal than to eradicate racism, to grant Americans who have a different color of skin the right to disagree against the Left's style of orthodoxy.

Andrew Breitbart

StyleRacismColorGoalSkinRight

I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.

Michael D. Higgins

PeopleMeLooking ForwardForward

I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal.

John Waters

HateDayMondayFakeHolidaysYou

You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Stefan Edberg

WinYouLoseWrongNothingSome

When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.

Rob Zombie

LookMoreSoundBoredWatchMove

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

Jules Renard

LoveHeartLove IsBrainUpLike

There was never any doubt of Christ's priorities.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PrioritiesDoubtNeverChristAny

My friends and I have always been trying to make movies, at every moment. We've tried so many different angles and approaches. But when it happens, it happens, and you just run with it.

Jon Watts

MomentFriendsTryingYouRunBeen

In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75.

Douglas Coupland

MindAlwaysOutDateBeenChecked

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

Conrad Black

AmericanPunishmentAlmostNone

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