Could Quote by Joyce Carol Oates Download Open image “I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.” — Joyce Carol Oates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Could Idea Ideas Never Religion Seriously
I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary. — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
“A woman who has lost her husband is invalid, thus an invalid. In” — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than being Alice. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
At all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The first sentence cant be written until the final sentence is written. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Did you know, Marianne: how by breaking the code that day, you broke it forever? For us all?” — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation not… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity. — David H. Murdock Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
I never want to look back on any moment and say I could have done more. So I go all in. — Scott Haze Copy Share Image
Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse the trash and clippings I produce for mulch. I reuse the rain that falls on my roof, and I reuse the sun that shines on my house for energy. I guess you could call me a… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share
It's what the people wanted at the time, but the country could not be half-segregated and half-integrated, just as it could not be half-slave… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
What a gift it would be if every child in the country could hear a professional orchestra at least once. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years. — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
