Vladimir Nabokov Speak Memory Quotes

#1. The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. - VLADIMIR NABOKOV, Speak, Memory: A Memoir

Sheldon Solomon

#2. Speak, Memory is strictly autobiographic. There is nothing autobiographic in Lolita.

Vladimir Nabokov

#3. My position would be to see Jesus and Paul as people used by God to bring the monotheism and the moral message of Judaism to the world, and to teach the world that the God discovered and worshiped by the Jews was the only true God.

Harold S. Kushner

#4. I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.

Paul Merton

#5. I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.

Carey Mulligan

#6. Maybe that's why I get frustrated sometimes, because there's no one to blame for how our lives have turned out. I wouldn't change any of the things I've done, but at the same time I wish things were different than they are. I have no regrets, but there's also no satisfaction in where I am.

Chris Dietzel

#7. Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.

John Lancaster Spalding

#8. A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationalist.

Edward Abbey

#9. I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family.

Kelly Preston

#10. When times are rough,I like to remember the old saying - Whatever doesn't kill you, might just come back to finish the job.

A.G. Claymore