Quote by John Cheever
All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a litera

All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

Other quotes by John Cheever

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

Category:
Knowledge
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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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alone
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The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another. – John Cheever

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Perfection
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Other Quotes from
Society
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I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that Ill never be part of society the way I should. – Mike Tyson

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Society

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. – Margaret Oliphant

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Society

Whats done to children, they will do to society. – Karl A. Menninger

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Society

A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. – Stella Adler

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Society

Random Quotes

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. – Lewis Mumford

Category:
Art

Do men who have got all their marbles go swimming in lakes with their clothes on? – P.G. Wodehouse

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Clothing

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. – Calvin Coolidge

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History

I play with a fear of letting people down. Thats what motivates me. – Jonny Wilkinson

Category:
Fear