Elmer Davis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
-
A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
-
A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
-
Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
-
No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
-
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
-
People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
-
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
-
My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
-
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
-
Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
-
I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?
-
I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
-
I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
-
In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
-
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
-
I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education.
-
I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
-
If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
-
Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.
-
I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.
-
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
-
I want young people to know there is no age limit to when they can start their own business or when they can become a boss.
-
You may not like Mr. Roosevelt, but if he loss the war, we all lose it with him.
