Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

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• When caught in the clutches of a predator, the jelly produces a light display that is a pinwheel of light that is basically a call for help. It serves to attract the attention of a larger predator that may attack their attacker, thereby affording them an opportunity for escape.

  

  Edith Widder
  • May
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.

  

  Olafur Eliasson
  • World
  • Live
  • Example

• A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Changed
  • Lot
  • Survivor

• My parents live in the part of the United States that is Canada. It is so far north that Minnesota lies in the same direction as Miami. They have four distinct seasons: Winter, More Winter, Still More Winter, and That One Day Of Summer.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Live
  • Parents
  • Day

• I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Boy
  • Being
  • Franchise

• Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

  

  Haim Ginott
  • Goals
  • Impossible
  • Miracle

• Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • School
  • Truth
  • Political

• My children are grown now, they are more independent.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Children
  • Independent
  • Now

• The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

  

  P. Chidambaram
  • Issues
  • Vote
  • Only

• There's a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos - people connect to the art on a different level. But it's also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up close, you notice the sharp angles, but when you back away, the corners blend into curves.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• I have always been far more interested in sound than technique, and how sounds work together, how they can be layered. I think electronic music, in its infancy anyway, allowed us to create music in a way that hadn't really been possible before. It created a new kind of musician.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Work
  • Music
  • Together

• Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it

  

  Larry Page
  • Up
  • Great
  • Important

• Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ, by commanding his followers to lay down their own lives.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Death
  • Jesus

• The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.

  

  Edward Abbey
  • Good
  • Home
  • Single

• Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), as quoted by Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Chapter II: The Spirit of Capitalism, 1905. 12, 3

  

  Benjamin Franklin
  • Advice

• The Chippendale's dancers are gay. They're gay. Because there is no such thing as a straight man with visible abdominal muscles. You have to suck cock to get that kind of muscle definition. It doesn't work for women. You know, I tried, OK?

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Work
  • Women
  • Gay

• It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.

  

  Adam Smith
  • Men
  • Money
  • Desire

• It's been so long since I made love, I can't even remember who gets tied up.

  

  Joan Rivers
  • Up
  • Long
  • Remember

• It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

  

  Ned Beatty
  • Small

• Donald Evans is a favorite person of mine. His worth ethic, his attitude and his dedication really set him apart.

  

  Joe Greene
  • Attitude
  • Dedication

• For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • People
  • Choice
  • Bird

• Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Stop
  • Police
  • Scandal

• It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Why
  • Play
  • Myself

• When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

  

  Roy Blount, Jr.
  • Summer
  • Bird
  • Courses