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:

John Cheever Quotes

Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We have larger apples and better cotton and faster and more beautiful machines. This makes us the greatest country in the world. Unemployment is a myth. Dissatisfaction is a fable. In preparatory school America is beautiful. It is the gem of the ocean and it is too bad. It is bad because people believe it all. Because they become indifferent. Because they marry and reproduce and vote and they know nothing.

John Cheever

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Blanche Lincoln quote: "It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your..."
It's not my job to dream your dreams. It's my job to make your dreams become a reality. Blanche Lincoln
Martin Milner quote: "On other shows, guys can't wait to put 3000 miles between them..."
On other shows, guys can't wait to put 3000 miles between them during hiatus. Martin Milner
George Sand quote: "I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I..."
I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty. George Sand
Bobby Sherman quote: "As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with..."
As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes. Bobby Sherman
But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career. Madeleine L'Engle
The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to. Peter Berg
Carl Andre quote: "My art springs from my desire to have things in the world..."
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there. Carl Andre
Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. J. M. Barrie
The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object. C. S. Lewis
The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart. Salmon P. Chase
Poppy Z. Brite quote: "Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make..."
Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood. Poppy Z. Brite
I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined! Shakira
Barbara Pym quote: "Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink."
Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink. Barbara Pym
George Carlin quote: "I was a hip kid. When I saw Bambi it was the midnight show."
I was a hip kid. When I saw Bambi it was the midnight show. George Carlin
He had often felt anguish before, and it would be no wonder if it came at such a moment, when he was preparing, the very next day, having suddenly broken with everything that had drawn him there, to make another sharp turn, entering upon a new, completely unknown path, again quite as lonely as before, having much hope, but not knowing for what, expecting much, too much, from life, but unable himself to define anything either in his expectations or even in his desires. Fyodor Dostoevsky