Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings?

— Johannes Brahms

Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and there are certainly many more men…

— Thomas Carlyle

I'm not spitting in my own soup, I love having spent my life thinking about these things-but you don't have to know anything about…

— Stephen Greenblatt

When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.

— Hermann Hesse

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But…

— Ian Mcewan

My political mission is as acute as ever. For me, in addition to kind of looking at the world and trying to engage in…

— Ani DiFranco

I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. He's very original, very accurate and acute.

— Helen Vendler

“I have acute pancreatitis." "I thought it was just average looking.”

— Melissa Bank

The Australian wedge-tailed eagle has enormous eyes, both in absolute terms and compared with most other birds, and as a result has the greatest…

— Tim Birkhead

“No one else’s suffering is ever as acute as your own,”

— Brian McClellan

We have an opportunity to create a future where we are actually encouraging providers to keep people away from acute care, whenever possible.

— Kathleen Sebelius

Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which…

— N. Scott Momaday

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this…

— Lili Taylor

There's nothing wrong with me...except acute chronic fear.

— Ursula K. Le Guin