D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

D. H. Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 11, 1885 - March 2, 1930

Topics

NatureTruthDayKissFishShe

I think people respond to truth. 'Straight Outta Compton' made $60 million over the weekend, right? That's not just a black audience. 'Empire' grew every single week. That's not just a black audience. Black culture is American culture, you know what I mean? They're becoming more and more one in the same.

Jerrod Carmichael

TruthCulturePeopleBlackThink

I've lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of final-four appearances, but our goal is further than that. We want to deliver a Super Bowl.

Jeffrey Lurie

GoalSuper BowlWantDivisionLived

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

Andy Roddick

WinWantSpecialSecretFraternity

Ideas are the easy part. I spend a lot of time batting them away, trying to keep them from distracting me from what I actually have to focus on and finish. A lot of times, they are a siren temptress beckoning me with the promise of a much shorter, simpler, more slender novel over the horizon, but of course that's very dangerous.

Michael Chabon

TimeFocusMeIdeasHorizonTrying

The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

John Updike

MarriageFirstBreathConstraints

I was a very shy kid. Very shy. But I started doing theatre when I was six years old, and that really changed something. My more playful side came out of me.

Sigrid

MeTheatreDoingShyMoreKid

Things are always going to evolve and change. You might not always like the direction of it, but people's tastes change.

Tracy Lawrence

ChangePeopleDirectionYouEvolve

There's more outrage on Twitter about a One Direction split or about what one band member said to another than there is about institutionalized racism and something huge.

Trevor Noah

RacismDirectionSaidMoreBand

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

Roger Babson

LookWayUpOurFlatBacks

Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.

Mary McCarthy

LifeAmericanCareerHazardEuropean

I wish I'd had more fun in college. I spent a lot of time in my dorm room, reading or writing while listening to my Sarah McLachlan Pandora station.

Chloe Benjamin

TimeFunCollegeListeningWriting

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really on the cards.

Peter Capaldi

CardsNewImagineReallyClooney

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