I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.
George SteinerLanguage can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence.
George SteinerThe ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.
George SteinerFischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted. Fisher himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels the 'ego of the other player crumbling.'
George Steiner