H. L. Mencken Quotes
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free association with one who is.
H. L. Mencken
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
Imelda May
I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.
Olivia Thirlby
Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
Jack Welch
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac
Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
Tamara Ecclestone
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
Adam Brody
Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
Pat Paulsen
Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.
Laura Ramsey
There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
M. J. Rose
I'm not a huge fan of my work.
Tea Leoni
Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann
Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe.
Donald Miller
The fire burns as the novel taught it how.
Wallace Stevens
We are excited about the opportunity and look forward to serving all the people in Orangeburg and Orangeburg County with great service and a great automobile, ... We like it (Orangeburg) because it is not too far from Augusta. We enjoy doing business in South Carolina.
Bob Richards
The thing about my high school, which I loved, is that we had uniforms. But whenever we had a free dress day, it was prep-ville, with sweater vests and polo shirts and khakis and Dockers.
Vanessa Lachey
Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.
Aristotle
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free association with one who is.
H. L. Mencken