“There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they aren't you.”

—  Edward Gorey

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they a…" by Edward Gorey?
Edward Gorey photo
Edward Gorey 26
American writer, artist, and illustrator 1925–2000

Related quotes

Richard Dawkins photo
Rod McKuen photo
Howard Stern photo

“Courage is standing up for what you believe in. There are so many people who aren't willing to stand up. You've got to fight.”

Howard Stern (1954) American radio personality

Howard Stern, What I've Learned, Esquire Magazine (January 2006)

Kate Bush photo

“We're all alone on the stage tonight.
We've been told; we're not afraid of you.

We know all our lines so well, ah-ha,
We've said them so many times:
Time and time again,
Line and line again.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Song lyrics, Lionheart (1978)

Rudy Giuliani photo

“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.”

Rudy Giuliani (1944–2001) American businessperson and politician, former mayor of New York City

, quoted in [2015-02-18, "Rudy Giuliani: President Obama doesn’t love America", Darren Samuelsohn, Politico, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-president-obama-doesnt-love-america-115309.html]

Timothy Ferriss photo
Jack Kerouac photo

“So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.”

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings (1999)

Jamie Carragher photo
Bob Dylan photo

“I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)

Related topics