“Deviation from the word of God is sentimentality and says 'you're right' to this one, and 'you're right' to that one, and… — Milton Rokeach Copy Share Image
The problem of the novelist who wishes to write about a man's encounter with God is how he shall make the experience--which… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I'm not concerned that my stuff isn't extreme. I don't want to be heavy. I can't think of another attitude to have… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
Sentimentality and emotionalism have nothing whatsoever to do with love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Shadows are our reflection of our self the show us what we look like, but like them we can change whats inside — Michael Country Copy Share Image
I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
“High culture is paranoid about sentiment, but human beings are intensely sentimental. And if art doesn’t speak language that’s acceptable to people,… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
From Romare Bearden I learned that the fullness and richness of everyday life can be rendered without compromise or sentimentality. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
In times of war, as everyone knows, who has lived through one, or talked to soldiers when they are allowing themselves to… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
My own terror of appearing sentimental is so strong that I’ve decided to fight against it, some; but the terror is still… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I want to say something about bad writing. I'm proud of my bad writing. Everyone is so intelligent lately, and stylish. Fucking… — Ariana Reines Copy Share Image
The trumped-up charges against kitsch and sentimentality should disturb us and make us suspicious. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I love things that are brave enough to be nakedly about what our lives are actually built of, when you're wild about… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I have a real aversion to sentimentality, but I also really want to write about love and friendship. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
“ABOUT SENTIMENTALITY IN LITERATURE: "Sentimental fiction is a kind of pablum: Excessive amounts can spoil the appetite for reality, or at least… — Alice Simpson Copy Share Image
“Anthropomorphism originally meant the attribution of human characteristics to God. It is curious that the word is now used almost exclusively to… — joy williams Copy Share Image
Let the girl be thoroughly developed in body and soul, not modeled, like a piece of clay, after some artificial specimen of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact"… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
A certain check to the sentimentality and commercialism of Christmas is the cluster of bereavements that often arrives towards the end of… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
