Cynthia Ozick Quotes

Whoever utters 'Kafkaesque' has neither fathomed nor intuited nor felt the impress of Kafka's devisings. If there is one imperative that ought to accompany any biographical or critical approach, it is that Kafka is not to be mistaken for the Kafkaesque.

Cynthia Ozick

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Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!

Joe Jamail

MediocrityYouKnowDo You KnowRoot

We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing about them, the material is endless.

John Grisham

PeopleMeWritingEnjoyYouKnow

I'm comfortable in my skin, and for my look to be celebrated is great.

Andreja Pejic

GreatLookSkinComfortable

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

John Henry Newman

AgeReligionMeDreamKnowMockery

Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.

Trey Parker

ImportantSometimesRightProfitable

The British are so funny.

Rose Byrne

FunnyBritish

I - you know, I'm not an actor.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

YouKnowActor

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

MenEndWealthChangesOnlyMany

It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay.

Jay Alan Sekulow

JusticeNewNowMatterWithoutUp

Why is electricity so expensive these days? Why does it cost so much for something I can make with a balloon and my hair?

Dennis Miller

HairElectricityI CanWhyBalloon

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Doug Harvey

JobFunMomentsWrongManagerRight

I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something.

Brian Helgeland

WorkWorldActionThinkYearYou

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