Felman Quotes & Sayings

Above all sins, guard against bold or arrogant ones. You are not beyond the danger of such. If caught in the web of presumptuous sin, call quickly to God for help. If you hesitate, you only give Satan time to entangle you more tightly. But if you cry out to God in true repentance, He will come at once to rescue you. The sooner you yield to the Spirit, the less damage is done to your soul. — William Gurnall

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. — Jesse Ventura

One of the consequences of such notions as 'entitlements' is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence. — Thomas Sowell

I don't find that writing about parts of my life had much effect except in some cases to improve my memory. To get into parts of the past I want to recall very vividly, I use a form of directed meditation. — Marge Piercy

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. — Harold Wilson

I would suggest that what the translator has to give up is the temptation to translate history by making sense of it, that is, by using an apologetic or apocalyptic discourse. What the translator fails to do is to erase the body, to erase the murder of the original. — Shoshana Felman

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans. — Barbara Kruger

I'm going to be singing Dreams and Rhiannon when I'm 75 - and that's just fine with me. I just hope my chiffon doesn't get tangled in my rocking chair. — Stevie Nicks

The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did. — Benmont Tench

If you want to understand what is wrong with stupid people you must be one of them. — M.F. Moonzajer

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian. — Terry Jones

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space. — Susan Orlean

Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument. — Jerry Harrison

Whatever it is, I'm not up for it." "Oh, Missee Felman, I feel so bad for ju, — Nora Ephron

He fills my head with tales from the ancient forests, tales so old that the trees themselves call them legends. It is as if a veil has been lifted from my eyes, and the world I have lived in all my sixteen years is revealed to be something else entirely, something so marvelous I could never have imagined it. — Maryrose Wood