Intrepretation Quotes & Sayings

These Seattle Seahawks wide receivers have been called pedestrian, they've been called no-namers, but they always come up with the big play. — Nate Burleson

There is also the equal and opposite temptation to look at the world as though it were an extension of the imaginary. [...] Like everyone else, he craves a meaning. Like everyone else his life is so fragmented that each time he sees a connection between two fragments he is tempted to look for a meaning in that connection. The connection exists. But to give it a meaning, to look beyond the bare fact of its existence, would be to build an imaginary world inside the real world, and he knows it would not stand. At his bravest moments, he embraces meaninglessness as the first principle, and then he understands that his obligation is to see what is in front of him (even though it is also inside him) and to say what he sees... — Paul Auster

We must relentlessly and unyieldingly protect freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. — Bryant McGill

When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it — George R R Martin

One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life. — Susan Sontag

Full frontal nudity is reserved for Adam and Eve! — Oscar Wilde

Women love only those whom they do not know! — Mikhail Lermontov

You have to have that rare combination of thick skin and a tender heart. Most writers get it backward and have a tender skin and a thick heart ... Every critic, however ill-informed, represents a point of view which is likely not limited to just him ... Sometimes you will disagree with your critic, but you can always gain from him. — Douglas Wilson

But Jesus isn't rocking a cardigan, and he doesn't talk softly through his nose. He's a roaring lion. — Jefferson Bethke

Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81. — Patrick Macnee