W. T. Purkiser Quotes

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

W. T. Purkiser

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• On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Women
  • Will
  • Rights

• I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Want
  • Sure
  • Restaurant

• I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

  

  Gary Numan
  • People
  • Love
  • History

• This love is silent.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Love Is

• I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.

  

  E. L. Konigsburg
  • Family
  • School
  • High

• The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.

  

  Viktor Yushchenko
  • People
  • Free
  • End

• Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.

  

  Cam Gigandet
  • Person
  • Mystery
  • Destination

• You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Movie
  • Past
  • Fake

• The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Stage
  • Only
  • The Only Thing

• Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Good
  • Job
  • Guy

• It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.

  

  Adam Derek Scott
  • Amazing
  • Win
  • Destiny

• The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Waiting
  • Writer
  • Newcomers

• My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!

  

  J. D. Souther
  • History
  • Opinion
  • Miracle

• I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • People
  • Think
  • Past

• I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Good
  • Girl
  • Fan

• I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • Black
  • Gay
  • Jew

• I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.

  

  B. B. King
  • Different
  • Love
  • Like

• Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Lies
  • Possible

• In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples.

  

  Lisa Madigan
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Together

• The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse - it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

  

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  • World
  • Art
  • True

• I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.

  

  Andy Cohen
  • Up
  • True
  • Dream

• Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • True
  • Man
  • Died

• I have a friend who loves housework. Honest, she loves all housework. All day long she moves from one chore to the next, smiling the whole time. I went over there one day and begged her to tell me her secret. It's simple, she said, right after breakfast you light up a joint.

  

  Gabrielle Burton
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

  

  W. T. Purkiser
  • True
  • Gratitude
  • Thanksgiving