Creative Quotations from John Barth (1930-___

Creative Quotations from . . .

John Barth
(1930-____) born on May 27

US novelist. "He is best known for novels that combine philosophical depth and complexity with biting satire and boisterous, frequently bawdy humour."

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man."

"More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations."

"Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people."

"Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back."

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N:	""Welcome to College And My Books" NY "Times," 16 Sep 1984."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."