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:

Jonathan Lethem Quotes

Jonathan Lethem quote: "All Thinking is Wishful."

All Thinking is Wishful.

Jonathan Lethem

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Samuel Alexander quote: "Both expectations and memories are more than mere images..."
Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience. Samuel Alexander
It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private. Nicholas Sparks
The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs of those parts of the personality which have been blotted out of the total picture in favor of the adapted persona. Carl Jung
Jeff Bezos quote: "Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable."
Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable. Jeff Bezos
Andrew Carnegie quote: "Aim for the highest."
Aim for the highest. Andrew Carnegie
George Eliot quote: "An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down."
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. George Eliot
The discovery of a corpse's head on campus has worked as an expedient in getting the administrative staff to work before ten, despite the impending blizzard. Meg Cabot
You came to tell us that the great cities are in favour of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile plains. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy out farms and the grass will grow in the city...You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. William Jennings Bryan
Khalil Gibran quote: "Though his ways are hard and steep."
Though his ways are hard and steep. Khalil Gibran
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm
A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly Henry B. Adams
You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over. Nigella Lawson
I know hardly anything about Galahad except that everybody dislikes him."Dislikes him?"They complain about him being inhuman."Lancelot considered his cup."He is inhuman," he said at last. "But why should he be human? Are angels supposed to be human? T. H. White
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty..."
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Walter Scott quote: "We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon"
We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon Walter Scott