English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Alison Lurie Quotes

Alison Lurie quote: "As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must..."

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.

Alison Lurie

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Benjamin Spock quote: "I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam..."
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. Benjamin Spock
I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump. Tre Cool
John Updike quote: "The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own..."
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever. John Updike
Cary Grant quote: "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I..."
I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. Cary Grant
our nature is the mind. and the mind is our nature. this nature is the same as the mind of all buddhas. buddhas of the past and future only transmit this mind. beyond this mind there’s no buddha anywhere. but deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the buddha. they keep searching outside. they never stop invoking buddhas or worshipping buddhas and wondering where is the buddha? don’t indulge in such illusions. just know your mind. beyond your mind there’s no other buddha. the... Bodhidharma
Karrie Webb quote: "The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I..."
The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me. Karrie Webb
And I can't say it now. I can't say what I want to say. I hold you-- I-- I clutch you, because I love you so desperately, and time is so short, we have such a little time in which to live and be young, even at best, and I put my arms around you and hold you because I want to love you while I can and I want to know I'm loving you, only it doesn't mean anything because you aren't afraid. You aren't frightened so that you want to clutch it all while you can. Madeleine L'Engle
David Merrick quote: "It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail."
It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail. David Merrick
Karl Liebknecht quote: "In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of..."
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense. Karl Liebknecht
Oscar Wilde quote: "Why should he watch the hideous corruption of his soul?"
Why should he watch the hideous corruption of his soul? Oscar Wilde
Kim Weston quote: "Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't..."
Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much. Kim Weston
In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest. J. William Fulbright
Celine Dion quote: "You're the one who held me up. Never let me fall"
You're the one who held me up. Never let me fall Celine Dion
Joe Biden quote: "There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days..."
There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq. Joe Biden
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. Oscar Peterson