Mortimer Adler Quotes

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

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Record companies are not unique. Artists are. Period!

Jimmy Iovine

UniqueArtistsRecordPeriod

I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off.

Jenny Eclair

I AmGlassesSituationTakeOffAm

I am the worst judge of my books.

John Banville

I AmJudgeWorstBooksAm

I can say without melodrama or malice that Hollywood ruined my life.

Jerome Charyn

LifeMy LifeI CanSayHollywood

There are a lot of engineering advances that lend themselves to being married with medical advances.

John Carreyrou

MedicalEngineeringBeingMarried

Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.

John Mellencamp

PeopleThinkingFeelDoingLongYou

What the mortgage bubble was all about was big banks like Goldman Sachs taking big bundles of subprime mortgages that were lent out largely to low-income, highly risky borrowers, and applying this kind of magic-pixie-dust math to these bundles of securities and slapping AAA ratings on them.

Matt Taibbi

KindBubbleMortgageOutBigLike

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

Amy Sedaris

CharacterSmallRememberYouKnow

But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really.

Steve Forbert

ChallengeKeep GoingPeopleSongOut

It is always a good feeling to score the first goal in a new stadium.

Alvaro Morata

GoodFeelingGoalNewFirstAlways

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

Joseph B. Wirthlin

MemoriesThanksgivingUnforgettable

The game has gotten a lot faster. I was anticipating changes as far back as when I first came into the league, when the spacing was changing, and big guys were playing in different spaces on the floor. But when that change actually happens, and it happens so quickly, it's just amazing.

Chris Bosh

ChangeAmazingGameBackChanges

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