John Leonard Quotes
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
-
I think people appreciate honesty.
-
If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
-
I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
-
We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
-
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
-
I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
-
I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
-
But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.
-
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
-
When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
-
Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
-
Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
-
It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
-
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
-
There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
-
I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
-
I have only one real hobby - my husband.
-
I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.
-
I can't fall apart every time I mention that my mother's gone. I actually laugh about stories or things or situations. Of course there's a wound that will never be patched up, but I approach it with humor. Of course, I don't overlook it and go straight for the humor, but I think we have to have humor to move forward.
-
Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.
-
Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.
-
I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.
-
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
