John Howard Quotes

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

John Howard

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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.

Harold Nicholas
- Real
- Black
- Change
Stability cannot occur without a Palestinian Spring through the full implementation of the Palestinians' right to self-determination on their land.

Najib Mikati
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.

Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
- Kind
- Fall
- Boy
My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.

Mahershala Ali
- Good
- Why
- Mom
Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

Larry Elder
- Money
- Government
- More
Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.

Hampton Sides
- Art
- Business
- Career