Esperienze Decanter Quotes & Sayings

Once the tyranny of literalness is rejected, all relevant considerations for giving a rational content to the words become operative. — Felix Frankfurter

When a man has died, he wants you to know about it. — Stephen King

'Gravity' is a great example of a movie that we hope they're going to do more of. It's really entertaining, with a female star. It's not the kind of film you typically see, and gives me hope. — Callie Khouri

I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite people to make their self-portraits. I see myself as their walking photo booth. — William Klein

The public voice in the theater today is crude and raucous, and, all too often, weak-minded. — Susan Sontag

Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa Cather, as well as an investor said to be the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett. — Stephen Kinzer

It's easy to see from commercials the sorts of activities I should presumably be engaged in, but I'm fairly certain that American manhood is vague, internally contradictory and largely nonsensical. — Tycho Brahe

I found an empty chair
and sat on it
to find myself even emptier.
I found a broken glass
and looked at it
to see my dissolved face
a little prettier
I found a steep doorway
and entered
in order to close my exit.
From the poem 'Blue Stanzas — Munia Khan

Comedy is the only hope for humanity. — Roseanne Barr