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:

David Foster Wallace Quotes

David Foster Wallace quote: "It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that..."

It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most "familiarity" is meditated and delusive.

David Foster Wallace

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Alexander Pope quote: "'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent..."
'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. Alexander Pope
There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America. Arnold Schwarzenegger
She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret. Arthur Golden
Milton Glaser quote: "Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."
Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking. Milton Glaser
Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image of the dream house is opposed to that of the childhood home. Late in life, with indomitable courage, we continue to say that we are going to do what we have not yet done: we are going to build a house. This dream house may be merely a dream of ownership, the embodiment of everything that is considered convenient, comfortable, healthy, sound, desirable, by other people. It... Gaston Bachelard
My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
William James quote: "If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably..."
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. William James
Elliott Smith quote: "But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading..."
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. Elliott Smith
The process of creating is related to the process of dreaming although when you are writing you're doing it and when you're dreaming, it's doing you. Robert Stone
Ryne Sandberg quote: "I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end..."
I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel. Ryne Sandberg
Henry Martyn quote: "If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die."
If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die. Henry Martyn
It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way. Taylor Swift
Samantha Fox quote: "I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me,..."
I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me, and I don't think it detracts from my singing. Samantha Fox
Alan K. Simpson quote: "If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the..."
If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast. Alan K. Simpson
Ovid quote: "The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I..."
The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late. Ovid