John Sladek Quotes

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

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• Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Power
  • Politics
  • Influence

• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Death
  • Government
  • Lying

• My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
  • Great
  • Trying

• You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

  

  Harper Lee
  • Start
  • Books
  • Really

• As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Live
  • Way
  • Hate

• You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • You
  • Exercise
  • Gym

• For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Long
  • Live
  • Experience

• Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Wealth
  • Environmental
  • Rise

• When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Food
  • Hand
  • Service

• Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Way
  • Ball
  • Runner

• By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • School
  • Family
  • High

• You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I've had this theory for a while, but I think there needs to be a message with the end of 'Game of Thrones.' You know? I think what needs to happen is ice and fire are going to go to war, a huge war between those two factions, and I think, in that war, they will destroy themselves. There will be complete chaos, complete destruction.

  

  Finn Jones
  • War
  • Game
  • Fire

• I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.

  

  Irving Harper
  • Money
  • Lost
  • Never

• History will treat me right.

  

  Ralph Abernathy
  • History
  • Right
  • Treat

• I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Art
  • Fashion
  • Beauty

• Nazism promoted Germany from a low to a fantastic physical and ideological status.

  

  Yossi Sarid
  • Germany
  • Physical
  • Status

• In back of the outward calm … a small terrified voice cries out: 'I need it. I have to have it or ...' The end of the sentence is lost in chaos. The need is so strong that an illusion is created that it must be fulfilled, or the very existence of the self is threatened.

  

  Sam Keen
  • Strong
  • Small
  • Lost

• I don't watch reality TV much, but sometimes I'll be on the E! channel and see that show "Total Divas", about female wrestlers. It's like, fake tits are de rigueur. Nose jobs are de rigueur. Exaggerated asses are de rigueur. Twerking is de rigueur.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Reality
  • Fake
  • TV

• If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just to be on time, but to be early. If you hold up the departure of the jet by as much as 10 minutes, you may cause the plane to wait in line for another hour or two before obtaining new clearance.

  

  Letitia Baldrige
  • Up
  • Time
  • Important

• Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Great
  • Important
  • Writing

• We really didn't devote a lot of time to investigating the scariest aspects of our flight. It was more challenging and productive to concentrate on the remedies, and leave things that couldn't be solved to happen without thinking about them. There is a morbid human curiosity associated with tragic death-producing events. Though naturally, this needs to be kept in perspective.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Death

• I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

  

  John Sladek
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Writing