Conviction Quote by George Eliot

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing…

— George Eliot

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

— George Eliot

Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our humanity through…

— Glenn Ligon

“6 criteria to upgrade literary production; Correct language, the power of the idea, the fluency in expressing, the connection between ideas and the depth…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.

— Will Self

I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during the war…

— Antony Beevor

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von…

— Georges Clemenceau

“Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence; they take corrections.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing. Just engage…

— Israelmore Ayivor

What do you care? You always liked loneliness better than you liked people. No offence liking yourself's the beginning of all love.

— Fritz Leiber

Now 'South Park' - they are interested in blasphemy. They're interested in creating offence for its own sake.

— David Baddiel

It ought to be a criminal offence for women to dye their hair. Especially red. What the devil do women do that sort of…

— Anonymous