J. D. Salinger Quotes
I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
Quotes to Explore
-
Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
-
It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
-
There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
-
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
-
I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
-
My father was a lawyer.
-
Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
-
I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
-
Love is more than one thing.
-
They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
-
RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
-
I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
-
There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.
-
Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
-
Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
-
Speaking is physically difficult for me.
-
The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
-
Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
-
Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
-
When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
-
There are different kinds and degrees of love, and they change over time, ripening and deepening and changing us in the process.
-
...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will.
-
I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
