Best Anecdote Quotes

37 Anecdote quotes by 35 unique authors

He sits in his car at traffic lights on his way out sometimes and tries to estimate how many times he has sat here, waiting… — Elliot Perlman
There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again,… — Marilynne Robinson
You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have. — Charles Baxter
Good anecdote--bad reality. — Carrie Fisher
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation… — Ian Mcewan
Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a very good anecdote.… — Dorothy Parker
Meanwhile with the help of an anecdote I fell in love. Words caravaggio. They have a power. — Michael Ondaatje
You can't throw away years of your life because it makes a funny anecdote. — David Nicholls
I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do for them what… — Colm Toibin
The plural of anecdote is not data. — Marc Bekoff
What was Aristotle’s life?’ Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’ And all the rest is pure… — Martin Heidegger

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