Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love letter that he received when he was young within a work of fiction, embedded in it like a clean bullet in flabby flesh and quite secure there, among spurious lives.

Vladimir Nabokov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977

Topics

WorkLoveHappyYoungCleanWithin

I think there are many ways to serve your country.

Jenna Bush

ThinkCountryServeYourI Think

I don't think most people who listen to music are that interested in all the work that goes into making it. It's the artist you like.

Max Martin

WorkMusicPeopleThinkYouArtist

To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy!

John Rocha

BeautifulMoneyEasyCreateThing

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Ambrose Bierce

PeopleRoadKnowRunOverMiddle

I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.

Amanda de Cadenet

I AmPeopleMeSlowEnoughLong

No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.

Sonia Sotomayor

I AmViolenceI CanMatterLeadHow

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

Trevor Dunn

LearningMusicAgeListeningOpen

I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.

Tom Paulin

NeverRightIsraelExistBelieved

Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables are controlled and predictable.

Michio Kaku

ComputersDoingRobotsCapableOnly

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

Michael Palin

ExperienceTravelYouBackTrouble

I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.

Minnie Pearl

StarsCaringBusyAttentionNever

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

Jay Weatherill

OpportunityRiverRulesOverPatient

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