Continental Quote by Allen W. Wood

“The value of a philosopher’s thought is not in its answers—no philosopher has any that are more helpful than saying nothing at all—but in…

— Thomas Ligotti

I had four hundred thousand pages of continental philosophy and lit theory in my head. And by God, I was going to use it…

— David Foster Wallace

“Too often, contemporary continental philosophers take the “other” of philosophy to mean literature, but not religion, which is for them just a little too…

— John D. Caputo

The coach should keep out of the way... He is an important figure, of course, but is more likely to lose a match than…

— Romario

Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be…

— John Burroughs

The host of 'Face The Nation,' Bob Schieffer, was an important figure in my childhood years. Every Sunday in the fall, he occupied my…

— Chris Borland

Gandhi was such an important figure to the pacifists of the '30s, and he was such an extraordinary embodiment of nonviolence, that I thought…

— Nicholson Baker

Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now…

— Stephen Burt

It's important to always be yourself, but it's more important to figure out who you are first.

— Anonymous

Michael Jackson doesn't really belong on this planet. He's the most important figure in the history of music. He'll be remembered far longer than…

— Brett Ratner

In his own lifetime Jesus made no impact on history. This is something that I cannot but regard as a special dispensation on God's…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

China is one of those vast, continental conglomerates that... I mean, if they were to start a tourist trade in China, they'd just bus…

— Damon Albarn