John Irving: Quotes about people

John Irving is American novelist and screenwriter. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean—make sure they know what they mean!”

John Irving book A Prayer for Owen Meany

Source: A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

““People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.””

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

Variant: People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.
Source: The Cider House Rules

“What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us wind up in parentheses.”

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

Source: The Cider House Rules

“When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?”

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

Source: The Cider House Rules

“All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting people to exceed what they had just accomplished; it was simply feeling so complete.”

John Irving book A Widow for One Year

Source: A Widow for One Year

“How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes.”

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

Source: The Cider House Rules

“Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of the people she met.”

John Irving book A Widow for One Year

Source: A Widow for One Year

“The kind of people claiming to be in communication with God today … they are enough to drive a real Christian crazy!”

John Irving book A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

“(In reference to Vermont's Act 60): This is Marxism. It's leveling everything by decimating what works … It's that vindictive 'We've suffered, and now we're going to take money from your kid and watch you squirm'… There's a minority which is an open target in this country which no one protects, and that's rich people.”

John Irving

[Salon, News, July 1, 1998, http://www.salon.com/news/1998/07/01news.html]