John Patrick Shanley Quotes

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but it's not enough.

John Patrick Shanley

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• Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • God
  • Man
  • Best

• I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.

  

  Gary Numan
  • People
  • Up
  • Very

• I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Summer
  • Winter
  • London

• I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Rain
  • Confession

• We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • Future
  • Looking
  • Everyone

• For me, the cool thing is doing things that could only be done in gaming.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Done
  • Me
  • Cool

• I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Time
  • Couple
  • Better

• Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.

  

  Wayne Kramer
  • Anything
  • Cause
  • Symptom

• Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.

  

  Dale T. Mortensen
  • Period
  • Price
  • Either

• The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.

  

  Vince McMahon
  • Internet
  • Media
  • News

• I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Kids
  • Rock
  • Star

• Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

  

  Galveston Giant
  • Moving
  • Down
  • Slow

• I often feel like I could fall off the face of the Earth. As long as 'Mama' was around, nobody would really miss me. People really think of her as an actual person. People all the time see me and ask, 'Where's Mama?' Like she should be with me.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

  

  Fay Vincent
  • Good
  • Surprised
  • Coup

• Some archives and record offices are housed in your local museum or library; others have their own stand-alone building. Wherever they are, they are a treasure trove.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Alone
  • Building
  • Library

• Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Time
  • School
  • House

• There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.

  

  Lamar Alexander
  • War
  • Growing
  • Support

• I won't be righteous again. I'm not sure anymore.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Sure
  • Again
  • Righteous

• My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.

  

  Vinnie Jones
  • Age
  • Knows
  • Calm

• The book of Revelation is a book of worship that summons us to recognize the awesome majesty of our Lord.

  

  Craig S. Keener
  • Book
  • Lord
  • Recognize

• Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but it's not enough.

  

  John Patrick Shanley