Elias Canetti Quotes

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

Elias Canetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManUnknownNothingStrangeTouch

I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way.

Jesse Eisenberg

PoliticsSillyCountryWayNeverUp

I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.

Sonja Sohn

SchoolTalentWritingLovedBack

It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, 'You can always go to college, but you can't always go pro.' That made sense to me.

Simone Biles

DecisionCollegeMeLongYouGo

When I'm writing a new play, there's a period where I know I shouldn't be out in public much. I imagine most people who create go through something like this. You willfully loosen some of the inner straps that hold your core together.

Tony Kushner

TogetherPeopleWritingYouPlayGo

You don't even wish for the success that I had, because you don't think it's attainable.

Tom DeLonge

SuccessThinkWishYouBecauseEven

The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort.

Robert Zoellick

RelationshipEffortIndependenceOver

If I had had plastic surgery, I would have asked for something better than the face you are seeing! I actually really hate plastic surgery when it's just for aesthetics and anti-ageing. I think ageing is beautiful and expressive and characterful.

Miranda Hart

BeautifulHateFaceThinkBetter

If I'm in a relationship, that girl gets showered with letters from the road. I pour my heart into it.

Jason Mraz

GirlRelationshipHeartRoadLetters

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

Doug Jones

GoodKnowActorT-ShirtDirector

I bought a Cartier nail bracelet to celebrate the fifth anniversary of my blog. It's an investment piece, but it's simple enough to wear every day, and it's something that will last forever.

Chiara Ferragni

AnniversaryDaySimpleCelebrate

I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the ground running. I write everything out. I take the text and I very methodically go through, and that tends to put it into my head a little bit more solidly than if I just glanced at it and hoped for the best.

Colm Feore

BestLearnGoTryMoreWrite

As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for it that I was in trauma for the next six months.

Anthony Horowitz

ChildrenBookYouNiceTraumaNext

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