Category Archives: Quotations

Things people said.

On Marriage

Posted on June 13, 2018 by JMN

“The crucial step… is the raw and willful decision each partner must make just to recommit. The relationship is strife-ridden. Every fiber of your body says to retreat to the safety of your foxhole. But you have to go against … Continue reading →

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Tweet in haste, repent at leisure

Posted on June 13, 2018 by JMN

Once I excerpted the following from a New Yorker article and flagged it in a tweet: “The Odd Future charge has been led by…Tyler Okonma, known as Tyler, the Creator… Hodgy Beats, a diminutive, quick-tempered rapper,… is half of the … Continue reading →

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“Life is complicated…”

Posted on June 9, 2018 by JMN

“Life is complicated. It’s filled with nuance. It’s unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt.” (Anthony Bourdain)

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Goodbye, Philip Roth

Posted on June 6, 2018 by JMN

“Looking back, in an afterword written on the 25th anniversary publication of “Portnoy’s Complaint,” Roth wrote, ‘I wished to dazzle in my very own way and to dazzle myself no less than anyone else.’ He recalled admonishing himself, ‘All you … Continue reading →

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Purloining from Poe

Posted on May 27, 2018 by JMN

“You might have spared yourself this trouble,” said Dupin. “D***, I presume, is not altogether a fool, and, if not, must have anticipated these waylayings, as a matter of course.” “Not altogether a fool,” said G***, “But then he’s a … Continue reading →

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“William James…”

Posted on May 23, 2018 by JMN

“William James described consciousness as the “alternation of flights and perchings,” suggesting that we tend to overvalue the “perchings,” the nouns or the primary verbs in a sentence that steal the spotlight from the little words, like ‘in,’ ‘and,’ ‘but,’ … Continue reading →

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“I believe in aristocracy…”

Posted on May 23, 2018 by JMN

“I believe in aristocracy… if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power, based upon rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members … Continue reading →

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Sayings

Posted on May 20, 2018 by JMN

“Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction.” (Francis Picabia) “Extremism makes you stupider.” (David Brooks) Hard part of riding a tiger is getting off. (Chinese saying?) “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison, then waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Happy Words

Posted on May 19, 2018 by JMN

“Blowsy abstraction jostling with derelict figuration.” (Schejdahl?) “Yawing between gesture and smear.” (Ditto?) “Painting isn’t dead except as a major art. From now on it will be a discourse of adepts, like jazz.” (Dave Hickey) “Attack with paint the shallow … Continue reading →

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Becky Hammon

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

“My job is to be the best that I can be, and if that changes your mind, then great. But I can’t be consumed with how you feel about me.” (Becky Hammon, 5′-6″-tall basketball champion and contender for top coach … Continue reading →

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