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:

Joseph Conrad Quotes

Joseph Conrad quote: "The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply..."

The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy.

Joseph Conrad

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results. William Stafford
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. Jim Rohn
Jane Siberry quote: "I was raised on pop music."
I was raised on pop music. Jane Siberry
Yes, interest! The worm of interest. Are you surprised? No? Yes? One conclusion I have reached here after a year in my cell is that the only emotion people feel nowadays is interest or the lack of it. Curiosity and interest and boredom have replaced the so-called emotions we used to read about in novels or see registered on actors' faces. Even the horrors of the age translate into interest. Did you ever watch anybody pick up a newspaper and read the headline PLANE CRASH KILLS THREE... Walker Percy
Haywood Nelson quote: "My family was my guide to my reality."
My family was my guide to my reality. Haywood Nelson
Gemma Arterton quote: "I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD."
I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD. Gemma Arterton
James Earl Jones quote: "More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired..."
More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. James Earl Jones
Charlotte Bunch quote: "As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against..."
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. Charlotte Bunch
If nothing exists, there can be no consciousness, a consciousness with nothing to be conscious of is a contradiction in terms. A consciousness conscious of nothing but itself is a contradiction in terms: before it could identify itself as consciousness, it had to be conscious of something. If that which you claim to perceive does not exist, what you possess is not consciousness. Ayn Rand
The Deep South has the friendliest people in the world. They will do anything for you. They also want to know what's going on and won't hesitate to ask questions. John Grisham
Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too. Jim Valvano
The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important. David F. Houston
Lou Reed quote: "I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I..."
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. Lou Reed
We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly. Judy Holliday
I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane. Chelsea Clinton