Gulliver Quotes

11 quotes by 8 authors

• Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver. — Mary Karr
• Most great writers suffer and have no idea how good they are. Most bad writers are very confident. Be willing to be a child and… — Mary Karr
• The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my… — Anthony Burgess
• Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease… — Charles Lamb
• If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots I would burn my [Gulliver's] Travels. — Jonathan Swift
• America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a… — Mohsin Hamid
• I am Plato's Republic. Mr. Simmons is Marcus. I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book, Gulliver's Travels! And… — Ray Bradbury
• When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they identified it immediately… — James Gleick
• Then, brothers, it came. Oh, bliss, bliss and heaven. I lay all nagoy to the ceiling, my gulliver on my rookers on the pillow, glazzies… — Anthony Burgess
• The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting. — Jonathan Swift
• The wee little people that live in my head won't let Gulliver go. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Who Wrote These Gulliver Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 11 Gulliver Quotes as follows:

• 2 Gulliver Quotes by Mary Karr
• 2 Gulliver Quotes by Anthony Burgess
• 2 Gulliver Quotes by Jonathan Swift
• 1 Gulliver Quote by Charles Lamb
• 1 Gulliver Quote by Mohsin Hamid
• 1 Gulliver Quote by Stanley Victor Paskavich
• 1 Gulliver Quote by Ray Bradbury
• 1 Gulliver Quote by James Gleick