Quotes of James Agee - somelinesforyou

“ In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God. ”

- James Agee

“ God doesn't believe in the easy way. ”

- James Agee

“ Well we can't teach 'em, better pass 'em. Let those eradicate who can Man's inhumanity to man Through teaching boys to kiss the Flag, Keep their rooms tidy, kick a fag, Follow the leader, mind the rules, Blunt and ignore the only tools That interest the halfmature. ”

- James Agee

“ Well we can't teach 'em, better pass 'em. Let those eradicate who can Man's inhumanity to man Through teaching boys to kiss the Flag, Keep their rooms tidy, kick a fag, Follow the leader, mind the rules, Blunt and ignore the only tools That interest the halfmature. ”

- James Agee

“ It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. ”

- James Agee

“ When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. ”

- James Agee

“ You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. ”

- James Agee

“ In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God. ”

- James Agee

“ In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God. ”

- James Agee

“ This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky. ”

- James Agee

“ This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky. ”

- James Agee

“ We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ”

- James Agee

“ This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky. ”

- James Agee

“ We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ”

- James Agee

“ I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or literary diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive. ”

- James Agee

“ I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or literary diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive. ”

- James Agee

“ We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ”

- James Agee

“ God doesn't believe in the easy way. ”

- James Agee

“ God doesn't believe in the easy way. ”

- James Agee

“ We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ”

- James Agee

“ I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or literary diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive. ”

- James Agee

“ God doesn't believe in the easy way. ”

- James Agee

“ When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. ”

- James Agee

“ It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. ”

- James Agee

“ We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child. ”

- James Agee

“ It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. ”

- James Agee

“ In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God. ”

- James Agee

“ When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. ”

- James Agee

“ I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or literary diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive. ”

- James Agee

“ The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. ”

- James Agee
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