« All Inspirational Quotes · Cynthia Ozick's Page
Inspirational Quotes by Cynthia Ozick
- Life is that which - pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially - interrupts.
- To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination
- Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by.
- The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.
- One reason writers write is out of revenge.
- The imagination has resources and intimations we don't even know about.
- I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.
- To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.
- Time at length becomes justice.
- Dedication to one's work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion. Religion in all its forms is dedication to Someone Else's work, not yours.
- If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.
- The engineering is secondary to the vision.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento