In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything. (Harold Brodkey)

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.

Harold Brodkey

Related topics

anything lives moment party room worth socrates

Related quotes

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. View quote
Sydney Smith
Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences. View quote
Howard Gardner
Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other. View quote
Leonardo DiCaprio
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. View quote
Joseph Addison
The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives. View quote
Anthony Trollope