Olive Ann Burns Quotes
Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n you say to yourself, "By dang, I can do it!" then, by dang, you won't slosh a drop.
Quotes to Explore
-
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
-
Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
-
I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
-
I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
-
In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
-
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
-
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
-
Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
-
The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
-
I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
-
It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
-
I got lost but look what I found.
-
Growing up, I think I always had a sense of art: a sense that there was poetry in the world. I didn't know where I was going to find it. I didn't know where I was going to fit in, that was for sure. But I kept moving forward. There wasn't a future in anything other than movement.
-
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
-
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
-
It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
-
I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
-
If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
-
Grinch had so many people in make up - virtually everybody. We had about 100 people a day for five months. And every day we would use 100 sets of appliances.
-
When you feel moved by the story, you want to tell that story.
-
Some say the 46 is just an eight-man front. That’s like saying Marilyn Monroe is just a girl.
-
Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.
-
The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude
-
Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n you say to yourself, "By dang, I can do it!" then, by dang, you won't slosh a drop.
