Quotes by Anecdotes I think in Russia, there's a lot of storytelling and anecdotes. Eugene Mirman anecdotesrussiathinking An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion." To the inquiry of "What religion?" the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it". Gilbert Burnet anecdotesmenpeople If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation would be easier to follow. George Bernard Shaw anecdotesdiscoveryadventure Sometimes ... the short short appears to rest on nothing more than a fragile anecdote which the writer has managed to drape with a quantity of suggestion. A single incident, a mere anecdote - these form the spine of the short short. Irving Howe anecdotessuggestionswriting Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense (Spence, Anecdotes Isaac Barrow anecdotesnonsensekind I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders. Jan Koum anecdotescommunist-leaderskids I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes. John Lescroart anecdotescouplebook You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the story that leads us to a point where we see or intuit something we haven't before? John L'Heureux anecdotespersonalityinteresting I am opposed, naturally, to regurgitating anecdote or any other form of received wisdom, unless it is characterized as such. John Thorn anecdotesform Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe anecdotesmenworld With its shrewd analysis and its knowledgeable reflections on the state of the arts, as well as a rich array of anecdotes and quotations about patronage, Patronizing the Arts will appeal to a broad audience. Jonathan Culler anecdotesreflectionart There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself. Karen Elson anecdotesbecominghate During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on? Kate Millett anecdotesvoicedepression Painters were also attorneys, happy storytellers of anecdote, psychologists, botanists, zoologists, archaeologists, engineers, but there were no creative painters. Kazimir Malevich zoologistanecdotescreative I'm no good at anecdotes. Kelly Macdonald anecdotes Naturally, I mine my girlfriends lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books. Lauren Weisberger anecdotesgirlfriendbook After a person dies, his biographers feel free to give him a glittering list of intimate friends. Anecdotes are so much tastier spiced with expensive names. Louise Brooks anecdotesnamesgiving I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were. Lydia Davis anecdotesteachingwish Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact. Maira Kalman anecdotesconfusionfacts She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory. Margaret Atwood anecdotesbeliefmemories«1234»
