Logo
Quote by Jane Smiley
I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience

I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. – Jane Smiley

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known. – Jane Smiley

Category:
Marriage
Author
Jane Smiley
Read Quote

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

Category:
Experience
Author
Jane Smiley
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Experience
category

Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good. – Woody Allen

Category:
Experience

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless Id gotten a piano scholarship. And now Im so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, youre flexing a different muscle, but its beautiful because it is music. – Jamie Foxx

Category:
Experience

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. – Daisaku Ikeda

Category:
Experience

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. – Brian Eno

Category:
Experience

Random Quotes

It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart. – Elizabeth J. Eames, “An Autumn Reverie,” October 1840

Category:
Change

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants. – Joseph Wood Krutch

Category:
War

I feel beautiful when Im at peace with myself. When Im serene, when Im a good person, when Ive been considerate of others. – Elle Macpherson

Category:
good

The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Family