Not Impressed quotes

I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.

A good piece of art should make a revolution inside you.

Think of a dinner party as a club of revolutionaries, a technocratic elite whose social interactions that night are a dry run for some future takeover of the state.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I was determined to be my own man, although having the Fairbanks name did make it easier to get into an office to see someone.

... the estranged self, hidden with its inexhaustible potential, lies undiscovered by many people who die without even knowing that it exists.

Living your life is a long and doggy business. . . . And stories and books help. Some help you with the living itself. Some help you just take a break. The best do both at the same time.