List of Roger Rosenblatt Quotes

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Roger Rosenblatt
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Remote control. ingenious contradiction of terms. fits like a handshake. aims like a gun.
Gun Weapons Fit
Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. the one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.
Work Careers People
There is nothing like a man for bringing out the animal in an animal.
Animal Men
If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. we simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'
Self Firsts Calling
Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how susceptible we are to high winds and wet roads.
Wind Advancement Blame
Time can be such a menace to a man. by this age do that; by that age do better.
Time Men Age
The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the bill of rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.
Rights Ideas Bills
Just because the person who criticizes you is an idiot doesn't make him wrong.
Idiot Criticize Persons
Every writing teacher gives the subliminal message, every time they teach: 'your life counts for something.' in no other subject that i know of is that message given.
Teacher Writing Giving
If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.
Three Needs Adjectives
The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. the only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.
Coffee Hands Teeth
When you have the goods, you don't need to dress up what you're writing.
Writing Dresses Needs
  • Born: 1940
  • Occupation: Journalist
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