Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991

Topics

LifeDeathWarIgnoreLiterature

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

Jodie Foster

CarMeNew CarHouseNewMove On

I have no better way of judging guilt or innocence than anyone else.

Robert Shapiro

BetterGuiltInnocenceJudgingWay

I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going.

Angela Lansbury

AgeKeep GoingBicycleDownNever

At what point in time can our government fire someone whose gross negligence left four Americans dead in Benghazi?

Jeff Duncan

TimeFireGovernmentSomeoneDead

If you always wanted to wait for something better, you'd never buy anything, right?

Trip Hawkins

WaitBetterYouNeverRightAlways

When I wake up in the morning, I like to express my gratitude for being on the planet. That gratefulness makes me very present.

Trudie Styler

MorningGratitudeMeWake UpPresent

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.

Shirin Ebadi

FearLiveMyselfYouTrainBecome

Diminishing violence is a goal everyone can support, and I look forward to participating in the debate when specific proposals come before the House.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

SupportForwardViolenceLookGoal

The Arab nations must be on our side. And if we catch them financing, if they funnel money to IS, that's when sanctions and other actions have to kick in.

Michael T. Flynn

MoneySideCatchKickMustActions

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Josh Billings

BetterKnowNothingThan

Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became hugely popular and I lost control of it, which is when it all went wrong.

Jarvis Cocker

MyselfControlWrongCreateLost

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.

Jon Bon Jovi

HatePoliticsPeopleMeVoiceStand

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