Fortresses Quote by Michael Chabon Download Open image “I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.” — Michael Chabon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fortresses Solitude Thinking
I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream. — Antje Traue Copy Share Image
Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need. — Jerry Siegel Copy Share Image
I liked "Superman/Batman: The Search for Kryptonite" because I really enjoyed the interaction between those two characters. — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed to capture… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone. — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key. — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be left alone with Timothy, not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid that somebody would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“We figure he must have let him out. The perpetrator, I mean. He's blind and we figure he just wandered off and maybe got… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Then I reminded myself that I was always willing to listen to arguments in favor of avoiding an unpleasant chore, and I shook my… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Love great first lines and paragraphs. From The Yiddish Policemen's Union: Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Life blew in gusts from the hole in the side of the elephant with a rank smell and a comic flatulence.” — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Constantinople was the principal seat and fortress of Arianism; and, in a long interval of forty years, the faith of the princes and prelates… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
What happened in Kosovo was the exact reversal of what happened in 'Fortress Europe' in 1943-45. Let me explain. Air Marshall 'Bomber' Harris used… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
“Defense mechanisms protect us. Fortresses isolate us. And far too often we begin with the former and end up constructing the latter.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? — David Byrne Copy Share Image
In scripture we are told of some trusting in God and others trusting in idols, and that God is our refuge, our strength, our… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“When the world is storm-driven and the bad that happens and the worse that threatens are so urgent as to shut out everything else… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I love you Lord, you are my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior. And my God is my rock… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The enemy and his allies are now at the gates of the capitalists' fortress. Is there any hope that the businessman will finally sense… — Benjamin A. Rogge Copy Share Image
XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower, "From whence… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
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