Raymond Queneau Quotes

It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.

Raymond Queneau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 21, 1903 - October 25, 1976

Topics

MeNewSeemMuchOdysseySince

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.

Jimmy Breslin

ManTearsYouProfitNewsAgainst

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

Sue Townsend

SometimesHandWayTakeGiveRant

Paris Hilton, it turns out, is related to fellow celebrity jailbirds Zsa Zsa Gabor and G. Gordon Liddy.

Steven Pinker

ParisCelebrityOutFellowTurns

There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help.

Steve Perry

GodMenHelpPowerfulMoreWithout

I was writing very early, like I was involved in our high school literary magazine, which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears, and the literary magazine was 'Pariah.' It was great. It was definitely a real sub-culture. But I wrote stories for them.

Tom Perrotta

GreatFootballSchoolTeamWriting

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.

Robinson Jeffers

PleasureLeadCarrotMarket

We cannot give up on working toward that more perfect union.

Rory O'Malley

PerfectMoreUpGiveWorkingUnion

You can only whine for so long. Then you need to get your life back.

Marya Hornbacher

LifeLongYouBackNeedGet

How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?

Molly Ivins

TexasTryingAlwaysWindsUpCome

I'm a mom. I work. I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have certain similar needs, and I address them.

Joy Mangano

WorkMomHouseCleanThingsNeeds

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.

Don DeLillo

MoonChurchWeddingUnderstandWay

I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.

Demi Lovato

WomenBeautifulThinkKnowWho

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