Dreiser Novels Quotes

#1. Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens
of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases as brackish as so many lumps of sodium hyposulphite.

H.L. Mencken

#2. It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done.

E. Nesbit

#3. The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.

George Eliot

#4. Television is like the movie business. It's not the least-objectionable program - it's the best program that gets positioned. Same in the movie business. It's not just everything automatically gets done by the "in" crowd.

Henry Blodget

#5. People who keep trying are more likely to succeed than those who give up.

S.A.M. Posey

#6. An investigation's proper course cannot be mapped in advance. It follows each piece of information forward to the next one.

Ben H. Winters

#7. When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.

Thomas Merton