„I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.“
— Ernest Hemingway American author and journalist 1899 - 1961
„I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.“
Letzte Aktualisierung 3. Juni 2021. Geschichte
Dean Koontz
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— Ronald DeWolf American critic of Scientology 1934 - 1991
Taped Message (1984)
„All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.“
— Milan Kundera Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929
— Douglas William Jerrold English dramatist and writer 1803 - 1857
Ugly Trades, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
"Oh, God! It’s Religion!" (22 August 2011). <!-- http://www.steampunkshariah.info/?p=13261 -->
Captain Jul's Mission Blog (2011 - 2013)
Kontext: There is, I believe, a great deal to be learned from faith traditions – from the ordinary people who practice them today; from their sacred texts and writings and artefacts; and from their histories. Faith traditions present a rich and diverse vein of human experience, and I am convinced that — as with other humanities — a serious interest in them is a cultural education in itself.
— J. G. Ballard British writer 1930 - 2009
The benign catastrophist (2003)
— Paul Bourget French writer 1852 - 1935
Pierre Fauchery, as quoted by the character "Jules Labarthe"
The Age for Love
„A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.“
— George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax English politician 1633 - 1695
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
— Randall Jarrell poet, critic, novelist, essayist 1914 - 1965
“An Unread Book”, p. 47
The Third Book of Criticism (1969)
„You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.“
— Odysseas Elytis Greek poet and art critic 1911 - 1996
— P. L. Travers Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist 1899 - 1996
The Paris Review interview (1982)
— Paul Klee German Swiss painter 1879 - 1940
Quote (1912), # 928, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, translation: Pierre B. Schneider, R. Y. Zachary and Max Knight; publisher, University of California Press, 1964
1911 - 1914
— George S. Patton United States Army general 1885 - 1945
War As I Knew It (1947); also quoted in Patton's One-Minute Messages: Tactical Leadership Skills for Business Management (1995) by Charles M. Province, p. 88
Kontext: There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.
„I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read.“
— James Baldwin (1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924 - 1987
Autobiographical Notes (1952)
Kontext: I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read. The story of my childhood is the usual bleak fantasy, and we can dismiss it with the restrained observation that I certainly would not consider living it again.
— Donna Tartt American writer 1963
On what novels convey to Tartt in “Interview with Donna Tartt” https://medium.com/@Powells/interview-with-donna-tartt-8d86a2438b41 in Medium (2015 Jul 13)
— Erick Avari Indian actor 1952
Playing Elrktra's Father and Encountering The Mummy: A Chat with Actor Erick Avari https://podcastingthemsoftly.com/2015/11/17/playing-elektras-father-and-encountering-the-mummy-a-chat-with-actor-erick-avari/ (November 17, 2015)
