Top 26 Lord Of The Flies William Golding Quotes
#1. Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the stuff that they're saying. You might even think those are the stories that matter.
Douglas Rushkoff
#2. Spontaneous is what you get after the seventeenth draft.
John Ciardi
#3. Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'
Philip Zimbardo
#4. The whole book is posing a question. You think you've won a war - what you've done is finish a war. There was a crime committed in that war the like of which perhaps was never committed in human history. You think about it.
William Golding
#6. Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things ... as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
#8. People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.
Gillian Flynn
#10. Ralph ... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.
William Golding
#11. The argument about ethics and morality will have to go on in a post-religious society, just as it had to go on when religion was regnant and was often ordering good people to agree to evil things such as torture, slavery, or cruelty to children.
Christopher Hitchens
#12. They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.
William Golding
#13. A man shouldn't go crying like that, people will think you're weak.
Ryuhei Tamura
#14. In the morning, we carry the world like Atlas; at noon, we stoop and bend beneath it; and at night, it crushes us flat to the ground.
Henry Ward Beecher
#15. Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.
Elon Musk
#16. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned.
William Golding
#17. The comforter on this bed was a dark burgundy and Jenise's lighter toned skin was enticing against it.
A.C. Arthur
#18. He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery.
William Golding
#19. As a book author, it's your responsibility to cast a vision for your book about the length and appearance before you pitch the idea to a publisher.
W. Terry Whalin
#21. He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.
William Golding
#22. Madness really is contagious, and friends are a blessing, especially when you're on your own.
Roberto Bolano
#23. Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.
Joyce Brothers
#25. Why didn't you tell me I had syrup on my face? Lyla asked when I settled behind the steering wheel. Her tongue darted out, licking the corner of her lip. I went to put the key in the ignition and missed.
Cindi Madsen
#26. -I got the conch!" --Piggy (in Lord of the Flies), attempting Democracy
William Golding
