Julian Barnes Quote

Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Young women today feel vulnerable to judgment; if a harsh sentence is passed (or even suspected or projected), it is not her reputation that suffers so much as the stability of her moral universe. The...

I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.

Wherever Cool is, anyway, I missed it, and now I'm stuck observing these machinations or sex and status and dancing and parties and people sucking at each other under the bleacher seating like some ki...

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'

The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Bec...

After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding.