Best Narratives Sayings

102 Narratives quotes by 96 unique authors

Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives. — Ron Fournier
I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are… — Peter Guber
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as… — Rachel Cusk
I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and always wanted to… — Junot Diaz
My shows are not narratives. — Brian Eno
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. — Mary Karr
The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative… — Barbara Kruger
Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts. — Caroline Knapp
Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever… — David LaChapelle
When narratives fracture, when words fail, I take consolation from the part of my life that always works: the stationery order. The mail-order stationery people… — Hilary Mantel
'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should… — Johann Most
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes… — Stan Sakai
My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on. — Arthur Smith
I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives. — Rachel Weisz
The designs of the paper euros, introduced in 2002, proclaim a utopian aspiration. Gone are the colorful bills of particular nations, featuring pictures of national… — George Will
North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find ways… — Evgeny Morozov
Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces. — Hanna Rosin
Narrative Collapse is what happens when we no longer have time in which to tell a story. Remote controls and DVRs give us the ability… — Douglas Rushkoff
The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. — Tullian Tchividjian
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in… — Colm Toibin
Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished… — Thomas Pynchon
We should not be post-racial: seeking to get beyond the uplifting meanings and edifying registers of blackness. Rather, we should be post-racist: moving beyond cultural… — Michael Eric Dyson
I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost… — Jonathan Kozol
They lived in a great city, a metropolis of many narratives that converged briefly and then separated for ever, discovering their different dooms in that… — Salman Rushdie
The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind… — Nick Hornby

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