Quotes About Conrad

Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software engineering, where the market is really tight.

People are wrong when they tell you that Conrad was on the side of Africans because his story showed great compassion towards them. Africans are not really served by his compassion, whatever it means; they ask for one thing alone – to be seen for what they are: human beings. Conrad pulls back from granting them this favour in Heart of Darkness.

Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the fact that white racism against Africa is such a normal way of thinking that its manifestations go completely unremarked.

Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

James (like the far more visceral Conrad) seizes your life.

She's a lunatic, " says Conrad."Absolutely insane, " says Guntram."Either completely fearless or utterly stupid, " says Conrad."She's going to fit right in, " says Guntram.

La littérature est un théâtre à ciel ouvert qui permet de transformer les êtres les plus simples en héros universels, loin des parterres présomptueux. Conrad, Le Voyageur de l'inquiétude