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Quotes About Commentary

it is the only New Testament book on which Calvin did not write a commentary.
~ Unknown
G. K. Chesterton's comment is apt: "though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators."1 So also Luther's: "Some have even brewed it [Revelation] into many stupid things out of their own heads.
~ Unknown
George W. Bush, on the dais, supplied what seemed likely to become the historic footnote to the Trump address: "That's some weird shit.
~ Michael Wolff
Still, Sean Hannity had 5.8 million viewers on the night of the Blasey Ford–Kavanaugh hearing. "That's a lot of fucking hobbits," said Bannon.
~ Michael Wolff
estimated Hannity's net worth at $300 million to $400 million. From his earliest days as a big earner at the network, Hannity had invested in rental properties across the country. "He may own every shitty piece of real estate in America," said Ailes, fondly. Bannon, never one to miss the obvious joke, wondered, "How many illegals live in Hannity's rentals?
~ Michael Wolff
It is more of a job to interpret the interpretations than to interpret the things, and there are more books about books than about any other subject: we do nothing but write glosses about each other.
~ Michel de Montaigne
el origen primero de cualquier filosofía es la conciencia de una brecha, de una incertidumbre en nuestro conocimiento del mundo. La filosofía de Schopenhauer es en primer lugar un comentario acerca de las condiciones del conocimiento; una epistemología.
~ Michel Houellebecq
You don't know how easy this game is until you get into that broadcasting booth.")
~ Mickey Mantle
Why didn't you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn't.
~ Mindy Kaling
Why didn't you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn't. It would be the same as addressing the issue of "Should dogs and cats be able to care for our children? They're in the house anyway." I try not to make it a habit to seriously discuss nonsensical hot-button issues.
~ Mindy Kaling
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, reflecting on Bush's "stay-the-course" strategy, said, "If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want the drillin' rights on that man's head.
~ Molly Ivins
A biblical commentary is first and foremost a work of history. But history is a matter of learning not only the tune but also the rhythm and the harmonies.
~ Unknown
When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and scolding.
~ Nancy Pearcey
I continued, "The painting shows this fish with a big eye and a halo, floating in air, and underneath the fish are all these Native Americans having sex." "What? What does that have to do with Custer's Last Stand?" "Well, the painting is titled, Holy Mackerel, Look at All Those Fucking Indians.
~ Nelson DeMille
Unusual to find a caterer who knows Caesar's commentary." "You really know how to endear yourself to a girl.
~ Nicola Griffith
What we witness at the fea is not just a celebration of the multiplicity of modernities but also, and more importantly, a critical commentary on local structures of inequality that take for granted that both tradition and modernity are the prerogatives of the high ranking and wealthy.
~ Unknown
I cannot love a woman without smothering her with commentary. Proof that if a man is dumb enough, he can do harm without lifting a finger
~ Osamu Dazai
Positive or negative its all feedback.
~ Unknown
It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
~ Oscar Robertson
In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well as the lady.
~ Unknown
Oh no. We've had to do some extreme things to save the world—" "Yeah, we're going to have to read the comments.
~ Unknown
The attentive reading of a book is really a continuous commentary, a succession of notes that emanate from the inner voice.
~ Paul Valery
Woman, especially her sexuality, provides the object of endless commentary , description, supposition. But the result of all the telling only deepens the enigma and makes woman's erotic force something that male storytelling can never quite explain or contain.
~ Unknown
all that really matters to me is that there are critics.
~ Unknown