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:

Graham Greene Quotes

Graham Greene quote: "If you live in a place for long you cease to read about it."

If you live in a place for long you cease to read about it.

Graham Greene

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story. Carrie-Anne Moss
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great..."
A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them. Friedrich Nietzsche
Robert Ley quote: "We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that..."
We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees. Robert Ley
And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea. For the more minutely you describe the more you will confine the mind of the reader, and the more you will keep him from the knowledge of the thing described. And so it is necessary to draw and to describe. Leonardo da Vinci
Seamus Heaney quote: "By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man."
By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man. Seamus Heaney
Terry Prachett quote: "It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all,..."
It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all, just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it. Terry Prachett
Matthew Simpson quote: "If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr...."
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. Matthew Simpson
Jeff Bezos quote: "The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine."
The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine. Jeff Bezos
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. A. R. Ammons
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She understood that her heart operated on its own..."
She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else. Jeffrey Eugenides
Very early on in writing the series, I remember a female journalist saying to me that Mrs Weasley, 'Well, you know, she’s just a mother.' And I was absolutely incensed by that comment. Now, I consider myself to be a feminist, and I’d always wanted to show that just because a woman has made a choice, a free choice to say, 'Well, I’m going to raise my family and that’s going to be my choice. I may go back to a career, I may have a career part time, but that’s my choice.' Doesn’t mean that... J. K. Rowling
Tom Cruise quote: "I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting..."
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. Tom Cruise
Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived. Sammy Davis Jr.
Dave Eggers quote: "We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day."
We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day. Dave Eggers
Douglas Adams quote: "What I need... is a strong drink and a peer group."
What I need... is a strong drink and a peer group. Douglas Adams