W. G. Sebald Quotes

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

W. G. Sebald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 18, 1944 - December 14, 2001

Topics

EyesTimePeopleBetterKnowForget

We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer's accent. That's just pretending to be something you ain't.

Joe Strummer

AmericanYouRockPretendingSinger

In New York, ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with the hustle to survive.

Joe Gebbia

New YorkSurviveHustleNewGoes

Even printed, on pages that are bound, sentences remain unsettled organisms. Years later, I can always reach out to smooth a stray hair. And yet, at a certain point, I must walk away, trusting them to do their work. I am left looking over my shoulder, wondering if I might have structured one more effectively.

Jhumpa Lahiri

WorkWalkI AmHairLookingReach

I want to do more urban R&B with a little bit of pop, but not much. I want to have that soulful kind of side of me come out.

Jessica Sanchez

MeWantKindMoreOutSide

If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that.

John Lurie

MusicAppreciateSomeoneUpGoing

I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.

John Lydon

MorningI AmJoyPrisonStillness

The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.

Robert Redford

RespectAnimalEnvironmentLongYou

No person ever gave me nothing but God.

Suge Knight

GodMePersonNothingEverGave

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

Joyce Brothers

GoNeverWouldTourHeMacbeth

I would like to keep working forever. As long as they will have me.

Diana Rigg

MeLongWillForeverKeepWorking

When you put comedy in the room it's supposed to be in, you start learning it's a process. Not everything is a home run. You have singles, and you ground a few out. But ultimately, it's the journey you have with that comedian, whether it's ten minutes or an hour.

Wyatt Cenac

LearningHomeJourneyStartComedy

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.

Peter Stone

ManLawThreeBecomeMoreUseless

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