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Literati Quotes & Sayings

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Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati
those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues. — Edward Abbey

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati. — Camille Paglia

Some people believe in telling stories. Some believe in doing things about which stories will be told in times to come. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it. — Yo-Yo Ma

Lord knows, if it's on the internet, it's got to be true! — Shawn Michaels

All the literati keep at least one imaginary friend. — Joseph Brodsky

It's not enough to be able to spell "magnificence" in your bedroom. You have to be able to spell it at the microphone during the spelling bee. — Cynthia Lewis

When one door closes, sometimes we need to turn the knob to open another... — J.A. Tran

There are too many literati, yet very few are smart; knowledge is acquired far too easily. — Dejan Stojanovic

Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. — Jonathan Swift

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent. — Sarah Dessen

Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. — China Mieville

All the literati keep
An imaginary friend. — W. H. Auden

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. — Harry S. Truman

The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati. — Marshall McLuhan

The literati in their cellarsPerform semantic tarantellas.I wish I did it half as well as them. — Al Stewart

I am an actress. I am not a movie star. — Luise Rainer

Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages? — Tamora Pierce

Calling her mother who didn't seem particularly worried, but claimed she had no idea," Jett said. "The roommate's gone with her, so I can only — J.C. Reed