Harold Bloom Quotes

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.

Harold Bloom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1930

Topics

CryWhyMattersHumanCriticsTell

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

John Frankenheimer

LifeDinnerMy LifeSomeoneWant

Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets.

Anna Popplewell

LifeChildPeopleTransitionKnow

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death.

John Ralston Saul

DeathNothingStatementExceptions

I've always loved the club. Kaka was my role model when I was young, and my aim now is to go down in Milan history.

Stephan El Shaarawy

HistoryLovedDownRole ModelYoung

The biggest thing for me is earning the respect of my fellow players and coaches. I think that is why I was a little bit emotional. You don't get a haka done to you from the brothers for no reason if they don't respect you.

Sonny Bill Williams

RespectMeThinkYouDoneWhy

It goes - for me - WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Summerslam. The big three.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

MeThreeRoyalBigGoes

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

Mary J. Blige

BeautifulWomanI AmBeautiful Woman

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.

Rufus Wainwright

WorldNewOpeningAlwaysOpera

The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives.

Michael N. Castle

LifeSuccessBelieveRealityFocused

With 'The Mummy' it was a fantasy action adventure. You get taken away for a few hours and come out and feel revamped and ready to go into the world and enjoy your next day at work.

Luke Ford

WorkDayAdventureWorldActionYou

It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible.

Demetri Martin

FunnyPeopleStartThinkDoingYou

The struggle to have a living wage doesn't come easy. You're ready to work, you want it, you seek it... but it's not like it's just given to you.

Debra Granik

WorkStruggleEasyYouReadyLiving

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