Quotes about Gerald Brenan

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

#Gerald Brenan

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

#Gerald Brenan

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is...

#Gerald Brenan

The cliche is dead poetry.

#Gerald Brenan

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

#Gerald Brenan

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

#Gerald Brenan

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

#Gerald Brenan

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

#Gerald Brenan

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

#Gerald Brenan

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

#Gerald Brenan

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

#Gerald Brenan

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

#Gerald Brenan