Flannery O'Connor Quotes

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Flannery O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1925 - August 3, 1964

Topics

ExperienceWithoutConvictionMakes

Life? You can't manipulate it or bend it to your will. You have no choice but to roll with it.

Jillian Michaels

LifeYouChoiceWillBendRoll

A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs.

John Polanyi

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If the right thing came along, I would absolutely direct something I did not write because I love the process so much, but we'll see. I'm taking it day by day.

Stephen Chbosky

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I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

Stephen Schwartz

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In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

Spiro T. Agnew

TodayMoreShareUnitedThanOur

Congress should pass a law repealing birthright citizenship for children of foreign citizens, with the sole exception being children of legal permanent residents. Children born to business travelers, foreign students, tourists, and illegal aliens would not be automatically citizens of the United States.

Tom Tancredo

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I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

Michael Tippett

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I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

Jay Roach

GreatThinkKeepGreat ThingPushing

I find that there's so much funny stuff in real life, and I am much more interested in super grounded, real stuff, so now I just want things to feel real and authentic.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LifeFunnyI AmFeelFindWant

Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends.

Drew Barrymore

WomenTrustYouGoWantRight

I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion.

Demetrious Johnson

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