Overcooperative Quotes & Sayings

I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too. — Matthew Modine

This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it to be their task to translate the elements of the poem or play or novel or story into something else. Sometimes a writer will be so uneasy before the naked power of his art that he will install within the work itself - albeit with a little shyness, a touch of the good taste of irony - the clear and explicit interpretation of it. Thomas Mann is an example of such an overcooperative author. In the case of more stubborn authors, the critic is only too happy to perform the job. — Susan Sontag

Rather than giving out information someone would be able to check, it's better to limit yourself to insinuation. — Umberto Eco

Sometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, But the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns. — Billy Graham

We are all identical drips and drops of people, hovering, waiting to be tipped, waiting for someone to show us the way, to pour us down a path. — Lauren Oliver

Bid for connection: Each of our daily interactions with another person. — John M. Gottman

That's all I need," I say. "Well ... I need the lamp. And the astray. And the remote control. And the paddleball game. And you, Dean Holder. But that's all I need — Colleen Hoover

Fight," I said to no one in particular. Then remembering where I was, I turned to the camera. "Fight. The rebels are bullies. They're trying to scare you into doing what they want. And what if you do? What kind of future do you think they'll offer you? These people, these tyrants, aren't going to suddenly stop being violent. If you give them power, they're going to be a thousand times worse. So fight. However you can, fight. — Kiera Cass

To be happy, find the happiness inside you; there is no better thing that you can do. — Debasish Mridha

Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity. — William Shakespeare

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. — Benjamin Disraeli

People ask all the time, "What are you thinking?" It's my least favorite question in the world. The last bastion of solace is my mind. It's an invasion. — Charlie Sheen

Life can't always be good, and life can't always be bad. That just holds true. I've learned a lot from that statement, and I think about it, all the time. — Tyler Posey