Quotes About Emile

To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.

But Saeed, Saeed, the children are our only hope!

With his mouth open, he gave off that alcoholic smell that you get from an old brandy cask when you take out the bung.

Nana was smiling still, but her smile was now bitter, as of a devourer of men.

The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s.

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: In truth it is itself the quintessence of injustice.

I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.

It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice.

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation.

Didn't he claim Rome was conspiring to take over North America and had sent the Jesuits to kill Lincoln?" asked Émile.

The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.