Ennobling Versus Degenerating Quotes

#1. If we think of the novel and the epic ... The difference lies in the fact that the important thing about the epic is a hero
a man who is a pattern for all men. While, as Mencken pointed out, the essence of most novels lies in the breaking down of a man, in the degeneration of character.

Jorge Luis Borges

#2. Every invention comes through anxiousness.

Rakesh Wadhwani

#3. If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest of the world, not even of neighboring countries like Mexico or neighboring continents like Latin America.

Tariq Ali

#4. I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified.

Lesley Ann Warren

#5. I'm really paying attention. People make up their minds late.

Carly Fiorina

#6. Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.

Ali Smith

#7. I still believe that everyone is beautiful in some way and by seeing the beauty in others we make ourselves more beautiful.

Carole King

#8. You just gotta do what you gotta do whatcha can.

Dan Henderson

#9. There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

Ansel Adams

#10. I don't have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels you, to some extent. I'm a creature of the British Empire, and of the period of transition from the Empire.

Christopher Koch