N. Scott Momaday Quotes

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

N. Scott Momaday

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• The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • History
  • Nation
  • Immigrants

• North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • Men
  • Country
  • Man

• I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.

  

  Fernando Flores
  • Never
  • Circumstances
  • Blamed

• I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Problem
  • Violence

• I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Experience
  • Book
  • Sell

• I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • World
  • Government
  • Religion

• I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Money
  • Politics
  • Got

• I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • Age
  • Three
  • Statistics

• Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.

  

  Natassia Malthe
  • Knowledge
  • Education
  • Learning

• America is huge.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • America
  • Huge

• Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Work
  • Women
  • Everything

• It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Science
  • Reason
  • Authority

• People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.

  

  Paget Brewster
  • People
  • Like
  • Special

• One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!

  

  Gail Z. Martin
  • Work
  • Best
  • Cool

• Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • World
  • Good
  • Writing

• Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • World
  • Success
  • Learning

• A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Work
  • Job

• Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Real
  • Money
  • Opportunity

• I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Live
  • Bread
  • Jewish

• What I discovered is I don't like to repeat lead characters because one of the most pleasurable things in a book to me is learning about the lead.

  

  Alan Furst
  • Book
  • Learning

• There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

  

  Charles Olson
  • Life

• When something special happens in wrestling, it's that much more special to me and for me to go, 'That was awesome,' because I'm as bitter as there is, so if you can get me to go, 'Woah, that was cool,' a couple of times, it's a special show.

  

  Dolph Ziggler
  • Cool
  • Couple
  • Awesome

• Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and change, there are fresh topics, new perspectives, or at least there should be.

  

  Dean Wareham
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Perspective

• Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
  • Writing
  • Choice
  • Tradition