William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
-
AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution, and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated, and I don't think that's healthy.
-
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
-
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
-
My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
-
Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
-
The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
-
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
-
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
-
My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
-
I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
-
Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
-
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
-
Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
-
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
-
Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
-
It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
-
The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
-
There are probably more fact-finding tours of Nicaragua right now than there are facts- the country has shortages of practically everything.
-
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
-
What makes me different from everybody else just boils down to dissatisfaction.
-
Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef's headgear. Finally, a crash and being escorted out by the house detectives.
-
The only men who aren't in fear of women's reactions are usually men who aren't born or who are dead.
-
Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.
