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People Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
- I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people…
- It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see.
- I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something,…
- One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality…
- But learned people can analyze for me why I fear hell and their implication is that there is no hell. But I believe in hell.…
- You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.
- I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.
- All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of…
- Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never…
- I love a lot of people, understand none of them...
- Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply…
- People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
- I use the grotesque the way I do because people are deaf and dumb and need help to see and hear.
- People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them. They don’t take long looks at…
- There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not…
- What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.
- So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle