Oblomov Quotes

#1. Now or neverI 'To be or not to be!' - Oblomov raised himself from his chair a little, but failing to find his slippers with his feet at once, sat down again.

Ivan Goncharov

#2. Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

Lincoln Chafee

#3. Love was life's hardest school of all.
p. 259

Ivan Goncharov

#4. It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

Voltaire

#5. I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

David Baldacci

#6. She has several imaginary conversations with him and two imaginary arguments.

Jojo Moyes

#7. Life is duty and obligation, therefore love, too, is a duty. It's as if God sent it to me,' she said, looking up at the sky, 'and told me to love.'
p. 265

Ivan Goncharov

#8. Earning an education is not the same as gaining a skill set.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#9. Yes, and I think I will have enough strength to live and love my whole life through. One without the other is impossible.
p. 265

Ivan Goncharov

#10. Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

Simon Sinek

#11. Memories are either the greatest poetry, when they are memories of a vital happiness, or a burning pain, when they touch dried wounds.
p. 479

Ivan Goncharov

#12. But in love, merit is won blindly and unaccountably, and in this blindness and unaccountability lies happiness.
pp. 445-446

Ivan Goncharov

#13. When Moses says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God answers not by telling Moses who he is, but by telling him who God is, saying, "I will be with you" (Exodus 3:12)

Harold S. Kushner

#14. There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duties, no obligations. I had nothing to do and a thousand nameless, sun-drenched streets to do it in.

Steven Saylor

#15. When you don't know what you're living for, you don't care how you live from one day to the next. You're happy the day has passed and the night has come, and in your sleep you bury the tedious question of what you lived for that day and what you're going to live for tomorrow.

Ivan Goncharov