Grobel Quotes & Sayings

Meanwhile, the chemical industry has mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit organic food. And without the knowledge or consent of most Americans, two-thirds of the products on our supermarket shelves now contain genetically engineered ingredients. — John Robbins

...all readings are provisional, and that maybe we read heroines for what we need from them at the time. — Samantha Ellis

Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it. — Patrick Ewing

Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write,
As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. — John Brown

this is a good book and this is my first vampire book i have ever read in my life — Richelle Mead

A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting and destroying all the beggars in Venezuela an end was put to leprosy in that country. — L. Ron Hubbard

So long as you can forget your body you are happy,' said Lady Bennerley. 'And the moment you begin to be aware of your body, you are wretched. So, if civilization is any good, it has to help us to forget our bodies, and then time passes happily without our knowing it. — D.H. Lawrence

The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films. — J.P. Donleavy

It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going. — James Levine

He chose the latter, channeling the energy — Ryan Holiday

I moved out to New Zealand to live as I thought the warmth and peace and quiet would help me. I went away and changed my whole life routine. — Michael Crawford

Larry Grobel senses there are no answers in life, only questions. Good ones. — Robert Towne

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it. — Fiona Apple

Ah, Jean-Luc...sometimes I think the only reason I keep coming here is to listen to these wonderful speeches of yours — Q

Larry Grobel's interviews are informative and insightful without being pandering or intrusive. You get the sense at all times of both intelligence at work-the interviewee's and Grobel's-both inspired by the encounter. — David Duchovny

Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen. — Dawoud Bey

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection. — Donald Rumsfeld

Come on, Arianna," I plead as I hold her close, "come back to me. — Brittany DeLys