Quote by John Cheever
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to dea

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

Other quotes by John Cheever

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

Category:
Writing
Read Quote

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

Category:
Knowledge
Read Quote

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. – John Cheever

Category:
Home
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Perfection
category

Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. – Vince Lombardi

Category:
Perfection

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Perfection

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. – Dante Alighieri

Category:
Perfection

No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. – English Proverb

Category:
Perfection

Random Quotes

Theres a lot about the character. It doesnt always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them. – Salma Hayek

Category:
relationship

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. – Aeschylus

Category:
Kindness

China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies. – Charles Foster Bass

Category:
Computers

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touchd by the thorns. – Thomas Moore

Category:
Nature