Logo
Quote by Raymond Chandler
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Talent
Author
Raymond Chandler
Read Quote

Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Attitude
Author
Raymond Chandler
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
power
category

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet. – Anthony J. DAngelo

Category:
power

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. – Edward Gibbon

Category:
power

Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

Category:
power

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now Ive been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. – Henri Matisse

Category:
power

Random Quotes

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often – just to save it from drying out completely. – Pam Brown

Category:
Letters

Some things have to be believed to be seen. – Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and Other Poems

Category:
Belief

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. – W. C. Fields

Category:
funny

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. – Graham Greene

Category:
Truth