Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.

Carl Clinton Van Doren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1885 - July 18, 1950

Topics

BrokenDiscoveryDownNothingTwo

Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.

Jill Lepore

HeartHistorySoulDemocracyVoice

I'm a Stanford kid through and through.

Jerry Yang

KidThroughStanford

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women.

John Bright

WomenHopeMeViewWillQuestion

I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two.

Melora Hardin

LifeMomWritingSongMy LifeSaid

I'm just wanting to make the proper breakfast and keep the house. That's my passion. At the request of my kids, I'm taking cooking classes. As I go to sleep at night, I think, 'Did I do a great job as a mom, or was that an average day?'

Angelina Jolie

PassionGreatDayCookingJobSleep

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

Alyssa Milano

PeopleOpinionsYouCareerDepend

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.

Marvin Sapp

PeoplePressureBeingPastorCounsel

Changing from biochemistry to law was easy because I was rubbish in the laboratory. I could never decide how much to put in a test tube because I'm not very good at maths.

Michelle Paver

GoodLawEasyTestNeverDecide

I couldn't be playing him for this long if I didn't like him.

Michael Shanks

LongHimPlayingLike

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

Dieter Rams

GoodGreatDesignMemorableMaking

Because I'm just an ordinary person that did some extraordinary things.

Donna Summer

PersonExtraordinaryThingsJustDid

I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the end, it comes out okay.

Chris Buck

CharacterJourneyThinkEndYou

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