Raymond Queneau Quotes

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.

Raymond Queneau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PlaceImportantSometimesEverything

I had plenty of invites and chances to party when I just started on tour, but I knew partying would prevent me from achieving my surfing potential.

Joel Parkinson

MePotentialPartyAchievingChances

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.

Michael Franti

AngryWorldSongProblemsThought

I don't want to date. But I do have dreams about a great love.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LoveDreamsGreatWantDateAbout

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

Robbie Lawler

LoveFightLovedFightingDoingWhy

It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.

Roddy Piper

LifeFightingSomeoneSomethingBeen

I love stuff from the Holy Land. It makes me feel blessed.

DJ Khaled

LoveMeBlessedFeelLandStuff

I love macaroni and cheese. I could eat it every meal of the day.

Cobie Smulders

LoveDayCheeseEatMealMacaroni

I love September, especially when we're in it.

Willie Stargell

LoveSeptemberI Love

I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and the snow falling and that silence, that snow silence. That's, like, a very peaceful, happy place for me.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

LoveSnowSilenceMountainHappyMe

Charles Kiss is a legendary James Bond-style British spy. And McGrath is the young idealist who is given the task of following in his footsteps. It's a mission that forces McGrath to question everything he thought he believed in.

Peter Milligan

KissThoughtMissionYoungTaskSpy

The story of Bennet Omalu is a riveting story; it's just a riveting tale. I knew from the beginning if I stayed close to that kind of storytelling and focussed on the character, then the other stuff comes along with it, and the message becomes baked into the journey.

Peter Landesman

CharacterJourneyBeginningStory

With control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, Republicans could have used their unified control of government to... balance the budget!

Seth Moulton

BalanceGovernmentControlHouse

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