Ilan Stavans Quotes

If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.

Ilan Stavans

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: April 7, 1961

Topics

WorldThinkLanguageNewAnything

I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.

Joe Manchin

BelieveDreamDegreeCompletionAct

I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want to listen to my competitors for fear of nicking ideas off them.

Robert Smith

FearJoyIdeasWantListenMore

I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music.

John Stamos

MusicEarlyPlayTalkOverGuests

It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.

Robin Williams

WorkHeartI AmSayingSomeoneYou

Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.

Mary Ellen Chase

LifeSufferingUnderstandingYou

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta get out there and jam, man! You don't have to necessarily be in a band, all you've gotta have are a couple of buds who play too. They don't have to be guitarists either; jamming with a bassist or a drummer is cool.

Dimebag Darrell

ManYourselfMeCoolYouPlay

We live in a classist, racist, homophobic society into which we are very assimilated, that's all. I'm not really proud about that.

Diego Luna

LiveSocietyProudHomophobicVery

But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.

Conrad Hall

GrowYouKnowDoneHumanEverything

Older prisoners are more expensive for prisons to house because they tend to require more health care over time.

Clint Smith

HealthTimeCareHouseMoreOver

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

William Godwin

EducationGovernmentHandsWillFail

There's nothing like having a football coach yelling at you at homecoming in front of a bunch of people. You do kind of get used to being inflappable in front of all that heated emotion. At times, that's very useful in business.

Suzan DelBene

BusinessFootballPeopleYouKind

For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.

Pete Wentz

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