Leavis Critic Quotes & Sayings

This music, transmitted by loud-speakers, made a masterpiece appear like an amateurish attempt at composition by nimcompoop — Paul Hindemith

As usual I was working the graveyard shift - an irony I reveled in - at an emergency call center. What other shift would a vampire feel comfortable working? — Pat Henshaw

People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose them. People get killed. Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They use flags first to shrink-wrap people's minds and smother thought, and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury their willing dead. — Arundhati Roy

Have the STRENGTH to say "no" to the status quo.

Have the WILL to listen to the deepest desires of your heart.

Have the COURAGE to ACT on and live out your intent. — Richie Norton

There is no such thing as a strange world, only a new world. — Paulo Coelho

One thing led to another and I didn't have to take tickets any more because I now worked for Mr. Rogers. He said if I was going to take care of his horses than I'd better learn how to ride. He was very kind to me. — Glenn Ford

Some people come into your life for a reason, some a season, and some a lifetime. — Whitney Gracia Williams

Life is more fun when you open your mouth. — Neil Strauss

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor. — Aelred Of Rievaulx