Frank Delaney Quotes

'The Great Gatsby,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, remains the most perfect novel that has ever come out of the United States. Everything in the book moves as it should, in the manner of a piece by Bach or Mozart.

Frank Delaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 24, 1942 - February 21, 2017

Topics

GreatBookPerfectEverythingOut

The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer.

Johannes Stark

ChangeSurfaceAtomLayerMeans

I think, generally, romantic stories end with people together. But I'd like a story that ends, like, hopefully but not necessarily neatly.

Jenny Han

RomanticTogetherPeopleStoryThink

I go into the local chemist, and I can hear people saying, 'Oh my Gaaahd - it's Lisa Kudrow!' And there's a famous Amanda Foreman, an actress two years older than me, who appears in 'Private Practice'.

Amanda Foreman

PracticePeopleMeSayingFamousGo

I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.

Rufus Sewell

FeetUniverseKnowWhyDetermined

I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.

Rosie O'Donnell

InspirationalSuccessHomeI AmMe

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

Mindy McCready

MePersonKnowLittlePersonaBears

I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty about the universe.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

TimeWalkMeUniverseGuiltHouse

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Joseph Brodsky

DespairOnlySnobberyForm

Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.

Dikembe Mutombo

DayMedicineDieHealthcareModern

It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how much money it costs to run a campaign and what it means to raise money.

DeRay Mckesson

MoneyI Have LearnedRunTalkMeans

I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have done comedy on stage.

Ciaran Hinds

FunnyLovePeopleSayingComedyYou

What's nice about a lot of Wes Anderson's films is that there's a patience to it. I think that patience brings out a lot more funny things that you would miss otherwise if you just had to make quick cuts and keep the pace, whatever that pace is that bigger budget comedies have to have.

Wyatt Cenac

FunnyPatienceThinkBudgetYouOut

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