Elias Canetti Quotes

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Elias Canetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: July 25, 1905 - August 13, 1994

Topics

LoveHatePeopleAccusation

I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.'

Jenny Eclair

DeathThinkDieOffI ThinkCause

We are developing a media policy which would be about breaking up single ownership of too many sources of information so that we have a multiplicity of sources.

Jeremy Corbyn

MediaOwnershipInformationSingle

The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding.

Robert Klein

QualityResearchCenterModelShould

Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character.

Shiri Appleby

CharacterManStoryAffectsMost

The best thing I ever bought is my dog Stitch. He's the best friend & companion.

Travie McCoy

DogFriendBestBest FriendHeEver

One person's barbarity is another person's civilisation.

Mary Beard

PersonCivilisationAnother

Legal and bureaucratic impediments to surveillance should be removed.

Mike Pompeo

LegalSurveillanceShould

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

Miguel de Cervantes

ConversationWrongSayRightForever

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

Luciano Pavarotti

PeaceRestLittleOnlyHeWants

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

Louis Farrakhan

GoodHopeHumbleManPeopleBetter

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable.

Jose Padilha

MyselfI AmTryingPlaceSayWill

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.

Christian Bale

PeopleMeFeelSomeoneAttention

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