Flannery O'Connor Quotes

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Flannery O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

Jimmy Carter

HeartEyesMistakesSchoolThoughts

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

Jesse Ventura

GovernmentYouWorstApathyCitizens

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

Robert M. Gates

PowerAloneExperienceThinkSoviet

You know, when you run you got to be all in and you take risks of winning and losing.

Jeb Bush

RisksLosingWinningYouKnowRun

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge.

Tony DiTerlizzi

ArtChallengeWorldStoryDoingBig

I just love business. I love doing business-type stuff.

Rob Gronkowski

LoveBusinessDoingJustStuff

I live on good soup, not on fine words.

Moliere

GoodLiveWordsSoupFine

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Jules Verne

TruthScienceMistakesLeadUpMade

It's important for founders to think about how they would build their company from scratch - again.

Julia Hartz

ThinkImportantBuildCompanyAgain

That's the fun of going to a high school reunion: it's seeing the people who you were close to all those years ago, and re-exploring the relationships of the past.

Jon Hurwitz

PastSchoolFunPeopleHigh School

I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

Deborah Moggach

MeNobodyWantJazzSingerWould

I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.

Brendon Urie

AttitudePerfectPersonAlwaysHead

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