Astute – Quotes

Of all the excellent

Of all the excellent copyedits I’ve received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond’s was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute. Esi Edugyan

Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can create a language more fearless and beautiful than that used by conformist writers to greet the twilight. Eduardo Galeano

Here is Theodore Roosevelt

Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths – the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated warrior. This is a deeply moving account of the last years of a very great man. David Herbert Donald

Studying design has made

Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I’m working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I’ve dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions – and I’m trying to be a better, more attentive listener. Daniel H. Pink

Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure

Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength. Ciruelo Cabral

Well, I don’t know

Well, I don’t know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up. Carol Burnett

I respect the astute

I respect the astute and rigorously unsentimental David Horowitz as one of America’s most original and courageous political analysts. He has the true 1960s spirit – audacious and irreverent, yet passionately engaged and committed to social change. Camille Paglia

I’ve rarely done anything

I’ve rarely done anything that’s overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I’m doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, “Why are you being calculated?” Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan

A Nation of Outsiders

A Nation of Outsiders is smart, insightful, and politically astute. Grace Hale’s analysis of the ‘romance of the outsider’ is necessary reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the meaning of our national obsession with ‘authenticity’-as well as for anyone who might be curious about what Jerry Falwell and Holden Caulfield have in common. … Read more

The word love is

The word “love” is most often defined as a noun, yet al the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would all love better if we used it as a verb. Bell Hooks