Alfred A. Knopf Quotes

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

Alfred A. Knopf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: publisher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1892 - August 11, 1984

Topics

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Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.

Jessica Hahn

I AmUglyHappyFeelBadSaid

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

John Ashcroft

PeopleLookFBIAbleHowAgent

Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man should not let himself be determined by appetites.

Max Stirner

LifeNatureManDeterminedUsMeant

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.

John Keats

DeathTwoSameOverMinuteWalks

No adult in my family would ever tell me anything about who my father was. I knew from an older cousin - only four years older than I am - everything, or what little I could discover about him.

John Irving

FamilyFatherI AmMeEverything

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?

Andy Warhol

FunnyThinkYouKnowNowMean

It speaks truth when you listen to Bob Marley.

Rohan Marley

TruthYouListenBobSpeaksMarley

In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future.

Rudy Giuliani

FutureChosenRunningHisChoosing

The people of Kentucky have had enough. They have had enough of bailouts for Wall Street banks.

Matt Bevin

PeopleEnoughWallStreetKentucky

I believe sometimes I make some mistakes. And I don't think they are life-threatening mistakes.

Michael Ovitz

MistakesBelieveThinkSometimes

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

Luciano Pavarotti

MusicYouListenNeedBrainsAny

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Jean Cocteau

PoetryOnlyIndispensableKnew

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