Home / Quotes / Quote by Anthony Burgess

Quote by Anthony Burgess

“Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.”

Quote by Anthony Burgess

Book:Earthly Powers

Work

This book is a complex narrative that delves into the lives of various characters as they navigate the intricate web of power dynamics and political intrigue during the 20th century. The story is rich with historical context and offers a nuanced look at the human condition. more

Author

Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess, born on February 25, 1917, in Manchester, England, was an accomplished British writer known for his distinctive literary style and profound insights into human psychology. His works spanned various literary genres, including novels, plays, and poetry. Burgess' most famous novel, A Clockwork Orange, is one of the most celebrated works of the 20th century, exploring themes such as free will, morality, and social control. more

You May Also Like

“I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.”

Way Responsibility Guilt Innocence Sensations Abandonment Personal Responsibility Wronged

Author:Anthony Burgess

“But don't think that it's a system or a culture or a state or a person that does the letting down. It's our expectations that let us down. It begins in the warmth of the womb and the discovery that it's cold outside. But it's not the cold's fault that it's cold.”

Thinking Persons Doe States Culture Cold Expectations Discovery Faults Warmth Womb Cold Outside

Book:Earthly Powers

Source: Earthly Powers

“Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance.”

World Life Is Difficult Violence Activity Instance Heavenly Sweetest Acts Of Love

Book:A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text)

Source: A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text)

“But, brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the CAUSE of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. They don't go into what is the cause of GOODNESS, so why of the other shop?”

Turns Causes Laughing Brother Fine Goodness Shops Nails Toes Biting Badness Turn Me

Book:A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text)

Source: A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text)

“As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.”

Knows Feels Firsts Dream Winning Race Desperate Drivers Formulas Formula One

Author:Sergio Perez

“The facilities are amazing here in McLaren. If you compare them to Sauber, who have good facilities in Formula 1, it's another level. But in terms of the people, the way they approach their jobs, is really amazing when you come into McLaren. The emphasis they have is very good and it gives you a big boost when you drive for this team.”

People Ifs Way Giving Bigs Jobs Term Levels Team Approach Very Good Compare Formulas Emphasis Facility Boost Really Amazing Formula 1

Author:Sergio Perez

“Everybody who knows Formula 1 knows McLaren and knows that it is the greatest team in Formula 1.”

Knows Team Formulas Formula 1

Author:Sergio Perez

“Americas health care system provides some of the finest doctors and more access to vital medications than any country in the world. And yet, our system has been faltering for many years with the increased cost of health care.”

World Years Has Beens Country Care Cost Doctors Access Health Care Finest Medication Health Care System Faltering

Author:Paul Gillmor

“Trains induce such terrible anxiety. They image the possibility of total and irrevocable failure. They are also dirty, rackety, packed with strangers, an object lesson in the foul contingency of life: the talkative fellow-traveller, the possibility of children.”

Children Possibility Objects Terrible Lessons Anxiety Fellows Train Stranger Dirty Foul Traveller Irrevocable Contingency Talkative

Book:The Black Prince

Source: The Black Prince

“When does one ever know a human being? Perhaps only after one has realized the impossibility of knowledge and renounced the desire for it and finally ceased to feel even the need of it. But then what one achieves is no longer knowledge, it is simply a kind of co-existence; and this too is one of the guises of love.”

Knows Needs Feels Humans Kind Doe Desire Human Beings Existence Achieve Impossibility Guise

Book:Under the Net: A Novel

Source: Under the Net: A Novel