J. D. Salinger Quotes

Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.

J. D. Salinger

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• Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Interesting

• I just want to do my job.

  

  Ma Long
  • Job
  • Want
  • Just

• I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • She
  • Mother
  • New York

• Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us.

  

  Kary Mullis
  • Law
  • U.S.
  • Between

• I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Energy
  • Place
  • Shooting

• I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.

  

  Washed Out
  • World
  • Kids
  • Day

• Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • More
  • Left
  • Irritating

• I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

  

  Nancy Astor
  • Age
  • Sons
  • Illegitimate

• Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families with job security.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • Job
  • American
  • Growth

• There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Soul
  • Moments
  • Thoughts

• I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Up
  • Small
  • Born

• Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • Action
  • Nice
  • Be Nice

• Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Parents

• I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks the use of an angelic (or seemingly angelic character), whose likes have been written about for, oh, about 4,000 years, is ripping off Star Trek, has his head so thoroughly up his ass as to have blipped into an entirely new intestinally-based reality and desperately needs to get a wider frame of reference.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Up
  • Character
  • Reality

• So, a man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions. Again, this is not a matter of time. There is no end to self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is only from moment to moment, and therefore there is a creative happiness from moment to moment.

  

  Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Time
  • Knowledge
  • Thoughts

• A veces, de noche, enciendo una luz, para no ver.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

  

  Mason Cooley
  • Bad

• Usually, I'll drop twenty to forty per cent of the dialogue - you can do so much with gesture. I'm still waiting to do a silent film.

  

  Ben Foster
  • Waiting

• You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.

  

  Krista Tippett
  • Up
  • Perfect

• I don't purposely speed, but I might go over by five or six miles an hour from time to time. It doesn't give me a buzz driving on normal roads, because I can't go fast enough. It's never going to be anything like an F1 car.

  

  Jenson Button
  • Time
  • Car
  • Driving

• When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

  

  Loni Anderson
  • Women
  • Issues
  • Mindset

• Obviously, in this day and age, with the TV shows, there are some really interesting ones. I'm not that interested in going and doing a network show, but like everybody else, trying to find something good.

  

  Scott Speedman
  • Trying
  • Age
  • Interesting

• Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.

  

  J. D. Salinger