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I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back. — Edward Lear

We can not fight for our rights and our history as well as future until we are armed with weapons of criticism and dedicated consciousness. — Edward W. Said

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) — Edward W. Said

How could you even think of doing that..." Edward said, and their hearts sank in disappointment, "...without me? — Jennae Noelle

As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner
if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!' — Edward Abbey

But I do not know whether the photograph can, or does, say things as they really are. Something has been lost. But the representation is all we have. — Edward Said

Texts are not finished objects. — Edward Said

Thanks for putting that in terms I can easily grasp,' said Malcolm, without showing the patronizing bitch the slightest sign of irony. — Edward St. Aubyn

My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.' — Edward Abbey

No, sir, Stoner said, and the decisiveness of his voice surprised him. He thought with some wonder of the decision he had suddenly made. — John Edward Williams

One last question," Sprite said. "Who are you? Special Forces? CIA? Xenobiologist?" "I used to play a lot of World of Warcraft. — Edward W. Robertson

Orientalism is after all a system for citing works and authors . Orientalism — Edward W. Said

You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once - there has to be a limit — Edward W. Said

Gertrude Stein said, "I write for myself and strangers." I would say I write for myself, strangers and the great dead. — Edward Hirsch

Nature, like Miamonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons. — Edward Abbey

Reason is and ought to be, as Hume said, the slave of the passions. — Edward Abbey

Stoner said to Finch, I have no wish to retire before I have to, merely to accommodate a whim of Professor Lomax. — John Edward Williams

Indeed, if "biology is chemistry with history," as somebody has said, then nature writing is biology with love. — Edward Hoagland

Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight? — Edward Abbey

I have been loved, Edward told the stars. So? said the stars. What difference does that make when you are all alone now? — Kate DiCamillo

She fingered the card and looked at the younger man. "James Edward, did you offer the man a cool drink?" James Edward said, "You want a Scrapple? — Robert Crais

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is. — Edward Said

It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired. — Edward Said

..culture is not monolithic either and is not the exclusive property of the East or West nor of the small groups of men and women. — Edward Said

What will happen to me, as the oyster said when he very inadvertently swallowed the gooseberry bush, nobody can tell. — Edward Lear

I haven't said this yet, and I think I will say it. I stand by every word in the Hillary book to this day. — Edward Klein

Poor Mike. I'll bet he's mad." "He absolutely loathes me," Edward said cheerfully. — Stephenie Meyer

Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous. — Edward Burnett Tylor

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. — Edward Dahlberg

That's so," said Eliza. "Vacation ends next month. I start Latin this year. They say it's awful. You decline nouns. All _I_ can say is, who wouldn't? — Edward Eager

Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness. — Edward Said

Whose one hundred and twenty-nine homilies are still extant, if what no one reads may be said to be extant.] — Edward Gibbon

I always said God was against art and I still believe it. — Edward Elgar

Cicero said that even if his lifetime were to be doubled he would still not have time to waste on reading the lyric poets. — Edward Hirsch

Our role is to widen the field of discussion, not to set limits in accord with the prevailing authority. — Edward W. Said

After all, as Edward Tufte once said, "Overload, clutter, and confusion are not attributes of information, they are failures of design. — Golden Krishna

Come and find me," she said.
"Always. — Nicole Castroman

Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I said it three times actually. — Edward Heath

Lust and learning," Katherine once said. "That's really all there is, isn't it? — John Edward Williams

I said it would be better if we weren't friends, not that I didn't want to be. — Stephenie Meyer

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. — Edward W. Said

The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. — Edward Bond

I have been loved said Edward to the stars. — Kate DiCamillo

Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric. — Edward Said

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. — Edward Hopper

History is written by those who win and those who dominate. — Edward Said

The best kind of book," said Barnaby, "is a magic book." "Naturally," said John. — Edward Eager

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result. — Edward W. Said

But don't you understand?' she said urgently. 'The demon was hiding all the way down in sublevel three. — Edward Cox

I am for peace. And I am for a negotiated peace. But this accord is not a just peace. — Edward Said

Who's that with you?' Stephen asked.
'Death,' I said.
Edward bowed.
'Trust you to bring death to the ball, ma petite. — Laurell K. Hamilton

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause. — Edward Said

Never mind,' Gertchen said with a smile, 'you'll have to be pagan today. — Edward Rutherfurd

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.' — Edward Said

They weren't like us and for that reason deserved to be ruled. — Edward W. Said

I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family. — Edward Furlong

I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? — Edward Albee

I don't myself believe in a two-state solution. I believe in a one-state solution. — Edward Said

He picked up his sword. "We are off, then?"
"Without hesitation," Edward said.
And for a few moments, they hesitated. Then they were off. — Cynthia Hand

Egypt restored to prosperity, regenerated by wise and enlightened administration ... would shed its civilizing rays upon all its Oriental neighbors. — Edward W. Said

The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States. — Edward Said

Edward," I said, managing to speak more clearly with a little effort, "there's no point to forever without you. I wouldn't want one day without you. — Stephanie Meyers

I put my hand on Bill's shoulder and told him, yeah the sacrifice was worth it. He said, 'Yeah, I think so, too. — Edward Heffron

Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement? — Edward Said

As I said,I believe in fate.Things happen as they are meant to be.We just have to recognize our destiny. — Edward Rutherfurd

Procrastination is, as Edward Young said in about sixteen ninety-five, the thief of time. — Patrick Taylor

There's been essentially the same analysis over and over again and very little allowance made for different views and interpretations and reflections. — Edward Said

I was thinking that a life is just the history of what we give our attention to,' said Patrick. 'The rest is packaging. — Edward St. Aubyn

Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover. — Jean Edward Smith

He was so much the picture of different kinds of assimilation that it was almost a case of multiple personalities. — Christopher Hitchens

No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents. — Edward Said