Elizabeth Strout Quotes
I don't know if I have a memory of not thinking I was a writer - it goes that far back. I went to law school because I didn't know how to earn a living otherwise. I tried to ignore the pull, but it wouldn't let me.
Quotes to Explore
-
Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
-
I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
-
When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
-
I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
-
My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.
-
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
-
The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
-
Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
-
Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
-
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
-
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
-
Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
-
There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
-
Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
-
I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
-
As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
-
Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
-
The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
-
My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a – I don't know the English word – like a passage.
-
As of the mid-90s, over 50 percent of women have a bachelor's and master's degree, compared to about 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in 1920.
-
I don't write beautifully - I just write reports about our condition.
-
If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.
-
I don't know if I have a memory of not thinking I was a writer - it goes that far back. I went to law school because I didn't know how to earn a living otherwise. I tried to ignore the pull, but it wouldn't let me.
