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It is only too easy to compel a sensitive human being to feel guilty about anything. — Morton Irving Seiden

What do they expect of a one-eyed, one-armed artist-- and the son of Garp? No flaws? — John Irving

IF SOME PREACHER'S AN ASSHOLE, THAT'S NOT PROOF THAT GOD DOESN'T EXIST! (page 286) — John Irving

I do feel like a Clevelander. Every time, when people ask me, I automatically say, 'My home is Cleveland.' — Kyrie Irving

He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero. — Washington Irving

Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful. — Irving Kristol

The incontrovertible evidence is that Hitler ordered on November 30, 1941, that there was to be 'no liquidation of the Jews.' — David Irving

Every man must settle down once in a lifetime. — Irving Stone

The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir

David Irving is not just a Fascist historian . He is also a great historian of Fascism . — Christopher Hitchens

They who drink beer will think beer. — Washington Irving

He smoked so much marijuana that his hair smelled like a cupboard crammed with oregano; — John Irving

The two old secretaries conversed in the manner of hostile but toothless male dogs. — John Irving

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us. — John Irving

Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run. — Irving Kirsch

I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour. — John Irving

Meaning Michael Milton; meaning the whole thing. — John Irving

Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business. — Kyrie Irving

Draft day is a hectic day, especially for draftees and, more or less, for management. — Kyrie Irving

Like any good novel, it lulled him into an almost tranquil state of awareness before it jolted him - it caught him completely by surprise. — John Irving

Once again, Jack reached for her hand. It was the only thing he knew how to do. As it would turn out, it was about the only thing he reall knew. — John Irving

We do not live in a world of things
but among benedictions given
and--do you know what I'm saying?--received. — Irving Feldman

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else. — John Irving

I shared my grandmother's distaste for the word rector - it sounded too much like rectum to be taken seriously. — John Irving

Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. — John Irving

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies. — Irving Berlin

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. — Washington Irving

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. — Irving Babbitt

Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls, and the recruiting-officer of Hell. — Edward Irving

There's not much to know about me other than I like meeting artists and I like yakking. — Irving Sandler

The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination. — Washington Irving

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. — Washington Irving

To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense. — John Irving

But what courage can withstand the ever-during and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue? — Washington Irving

Lupe's language is just a little different," Juan Diego was saying. "I can understand it. — John Irving

All I do is sit at home and watch Netflix. — Kyrie Irving

Of course, apologies are rarely acceptable to true believers - or to anyone who believes in *pure* good, or in pure evil. — John Irving

David Copperfield. — John Irving

What is this fascination the world has with death? — John Irving

I'm probably one of the most competitive people ever. — Kyrie Irving

The main character and the most important character are not always the same person - you have to know the difference. — John Irving

If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything. — John Irving

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing. — Irving Stone

Bonkie bit Garp!"
Garp bit Bonkie — John Irving

One can learn much through the thin walls of summer houses. — John Irving

I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer. — Irving Penn

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie. — John Irving

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. — Irving Layton

The nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of prosperity — Irving Fisher

Perhaps you could not find such godless, such ruthless and such materialist people as clergy. — Irving Stone

That's actually happened?' Ruth asked.
'Everything's happened,' the prostitute said. — John Irving

Too young for woe, though not for tears. — Washington Irving

If it isn't for the writing, we've got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it. — Irving Thalberg

I went to my agent and told them, 'I want to be on another Disney show.' — Kyrie Irving

That horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time. — Irving Stone

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds. — John Irving

If my father was the head of our house, my mother was its heart. — Irving Pichel

Melville's Moby-Dick - — John Irving

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen. — Irving Stone

I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific. — Jeff Bridges

Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. — Irving Wallace

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book. — Irving Stone

The Nazis quite clearly killed millions of Jews — David Irving

Credit you give yourself is not worth having. — Irving Thalberg

When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drives and preparing for my three-point shots. — Kyrie Irving

DON'T GIVE ME THE SHIVERS,' Owen said. — John Irving

It was not I who was teaching my cat to gather rosebuds, but she who was teaching me. — Irving Townsend

That's what I love about boys," Marion told him. "No matter what, you just go about your business. — John Irving

I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. — David Irving

It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change. — John Irving

A woman's life is a history of the affections. — Washington Irving

Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. — John Irving

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them. — John Irving

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me. — John Irving

My eventual goal is to win a championship. And before I retire, I just want to win a championship. That's it. — Kyrie Irving

I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage. — Irving Azoff

Garp didn't want a daughter because of men. Because of bad men, certainly; but even, he thought, because of men like me. — John Irving

Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge. — Irving Stone

John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working in a factory?' — Tom Robbins

It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly. — John Irving

I love the gym; I love basketball. I'm really passionate about it. — Kyrie Irving

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them. — John Irving

Sell my old clothes - I'm off to heaven — John Irving

We've been an empire in decline since I can remember," Ketchum said bluntly; he wasn't kidding. "We are a lost nation, Danny. Stop farting around. — John Irving

... there is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old ... — John Irving

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image. — Irving Layton

Heaven ... I'm in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak. — Irving Berlin

Mr. Merrill was most appealing because he reassured us that doubt was the essence of faith, and not faith's opposite. — John Irving

Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did — Irving Kahn

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods — Irving Kristol

You know, Nabby, there's mighty few pleasures in life to equal doing one's job. It is an act of love ... -p. 131 — Irving Stone

A poet may be a good companion, but, so far as I know, he is ever the worst of fathers. — Irving Bacheller

Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives. — Irving Stone

Do not forget the past; forgive the past. — John Irving

It's rare when there's something we can do for ourselves which also pleases someone else. — John Irving

She was convinced that women were as often victims of themselves as they were of men. — John Irving

THE BRITISH NEVER WATCH BASEBALL! — John Irving

I don't want to not be important. — Irving Azoff

Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it. — Annie Leibovitz

I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children. — Irving Penn