Ivan Turgenev Quotes

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.

Ivan Turgenev

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: October 28, 1818 - September 3, 1883

Topics

LifeNatureDeathCareLongLose

I realize that the wish to write in a new language derives from a kind of desperation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LanguageWishNewKindDesperation

I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song.

John Frusciante

CharacterTimeSingingSongFindUp

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me.

John Varvatos

WorkMeThinkLovedRock StarRock

When you have Khiladi Kumar on one side and Thalaiva on the other, you have to know your stuff well.

Amy Jackson

YouKnowSideWellYourStuff

It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.

Stockwell Day

LifeTodayPrayerPoliticalWould

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

Tom Colicchio

ExperienceMeChefKitchenPersonal

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

Lorne Michaels

TimeFocusBusyYouImportantNice

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.

Dick Gregory

DayBlackThoughtWhiteMovement

It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.

Donald Cerrone

LifeLiveMy LifeGotRelaxed

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.

Chester Gould

PoliceCreateCatchWhoGangsters

I've always been a huge John Guare fan. But Edward Albee - he just can't be beat.

Colin Donnell

AlwaysBeatBeenJustFanHe

Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

Peter Davison

FrostSophisticatedMostPoets

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