Cyril Connolly Quotes

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.

Cyril Connolly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974

Topics

LoveAnimalThinkingOthersHuman

No one ever recognizes me.

Jessica Chastain

MeEver

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

Maureen Dowd

NatureClearlySenseMustJustify

When I read the pilot of 'The Sopranos,' I wasn't terribly blown away by it.

Michael Imperioli

PilotAwayReadBlown AwayBlown

Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul.

Michael J. Fox

LifeSoulMeFoundCatastrophe

I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.

Amber Benson

GoodChildrenChildThinkEnjoyFar

You can't possibly fathom the ins and outs of a prepubescent beauty treatment until you've felt the strange but exhilarating tingle of a cottage-cheese-and-Pop-Rocks facial.

Sloane Crosley

BeautyYouStrangeFacialTreatment

It is easy to be inspired by history when you're living in a part of it and allow that to seep into your writing: having said that, a minimalist room with no distractions is often better; the most exciting visions should already be in your head.

Simon Toyne

HistoryWritingBetterYouLiving

Doubts may happen. But if you surround yourself with like-minded people who believe in you and who you believe in, and you have faith, all will be well.

Luke James

FaithYourselfSurround YourselfYou

Some people play steel string beautifully, but I'm not exactly a world-class picker.

Lou Barlow

PeoplePlaySteelSome PeopleSome

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

Logan Pearsall Smith

LifeSuccessMy LifeEnoughSayEat

I've always been very un-fun. I'm a habit person. I have a very weak version of an addictive personality.

Josh Gondelman

PersonalityHabitPersonWeakAlways

I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.

Dennis Quaid

MotherPeopleGrowing UpThought

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