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

He was not a practical joke nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure.

John Cheever

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Terence quote: "You can take a chance with anyman who pays his bills on time"
You can take a chance with anyman who pays his bills on time Terence
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq. Alcee Hastings
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Tenderness is a virtue."
Tenderness is a virtue. Oliver Goldsmith
People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness, the madness of the denial of pain and the hatred of innocence; and the world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen forget. James Baldwin
The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will. Dixie Lee Ray
James S. Coleman quote: "And I think that I'd be a natural for scoring horror movies."
And I think that I'd be a natural for scoring horror movies. James S. Coleman
Anne Lamott quote: " one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people..."
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] Anne Lamott
It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available and accessible to you. Chiwetel Ejiofor
Lou Holtz quote: "All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage..."
All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them. Lou Holtz
With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion. Harrison Ford
Neil Gaiman quote: "When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember..."
When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember Lucifer used to be an angel. Neil Gaiman
Simon Callow quote: "He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring..."
He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It's just such a curious thing. Simon Callow
I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is. Antonio Banderas
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water. Chief Joseph