Gene Wolfe Quotes

The best way to be thought honest is to be honest.

Gene Wolfe

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• Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.

  

  Igor Luksic
  • People
  • Said
  • Same

• You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Why
  • Bad
  • Know

• Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

  

  Vanessa Redgrave
  • Success
  • Summer
  • Integrity

• I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • House
  • Best
  • Animals

• I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Happy
  • Thankful

• When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Really
  • Little
  • Crystal

• The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Work
  • New
  • New York

• While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

  

  Quintilian
  • Truth
  • Sometimes
  • Find

• Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • Heart
  • Celebrity

• I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Home
  • Hand
  • Always

• Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it has stopped being successful.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Time
  • Reality
  • Momentum

• I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.

  

  Natalie Maines
  • Up
  • Music
  • Country

• I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Life
  • Fun
  • Day

• There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Like
  • Down
  • Debt

• I've been working through Maurice Druon's 'Accursed Kings' series. They come highly recommended from George R. R. Martin, and for good reason.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Good
  • Reason
  • Kings

• I'm not a feminist that hates men by any means.

  

  Imelda May
  • Men
  • Feminist
  • Means

• It's terrifying, social media. It terrifies me.

  

  Faye Marsay
  • Me
  • Media
  • Social Media

• I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Comedy
  • Really
  • Terrifies

• The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.

  

  Hank Williams III
  • Country
  • Singing
  • Worry

• Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of killing unwanted babies, it’s just that the idea of letting women make a decision doesn’t sit well with me.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Women
  • Decision

• Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

  

  Rene Redzepi
  • Food
  • Learning
  • Part

• The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, 'No, I'm happy for you?' That's when it's really sad.

  

  John Mayer
  • Happy
  • Sad
  • Smile

• Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • God
  • Forgiveness
  • Accept

• The best way to be thought honest is to be honest.

  

  Gene Wolfe