Author: George Steiner

Quotes

I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.

I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.

- George Steiner

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

- George Steiner

I find so much writing colourless, small in its means, unwilling to take stylistic risks. Often it goes wrong; I am not the one to judge. Sometimes, I hope, it goes right.

I find so much writing colourless, small in its means, unwilling to take stylistic risks. Often it goes wrong; I am not the one to judge. Sometimes, I hope, it goes right.

- George Steiner

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

- George Steiner

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

- George Steiner

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

- George Steiner

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.

- George Steiner

The age of the book is almost gone.

The age of the book is almost gone.

- George Steiner

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

- George Steiner

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