William P. Young Quotes

The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.

William P. Young

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• It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • Live
  • Trying
  • Friends

• Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Lost
  • Never
  • Idea

• It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Light
  • Passion
  • Blind

• It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Appreciate
  • Lens

• I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Way
  • Relationship
  • Too Much

• Those who go along get along.

  

  Sam Snead
  • Get
  • Go
  • Along

• I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • People
  • Different
  • True

• Downloading songs is not good.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Good
  • Songs
  • Downloading

• Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Music
  • Country
  • Art

• I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.

  

  Abraham A. Ribicoff
  • Time
  • Day
  • Politics

• When you go see a good DJ, you'll know it, man - you'll know it in your bones. Between the guy who's phoning it in and the guy who's obsessively working it to give you the best show of his life.

  

  Kaskade
  • Life
  • Good
  • Guy

• I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Aesthetic
  • Classic
  • Edge

• When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • Time
  • Money
  • Fun

• You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

  

  E. V. Lucas
  • May
  • Lose
  • Loss

• A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.

  

  Wavy Gravy
  • Knew
  • Clown
  • Giant

• I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Mind
  • Dying

• The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!

  

  Vanity
  • Pain

• I gathered that the old fellow suffers from some advanced form of senile dementia, and so perhaps his analysis is not totally accurate.

  

  Jack Vance

• I did make some not-so-great relationship decisions when I was a lot younger. I do know that not all high school boys are great and wonderful and Prince Charming, and there are a few that are going to treat you that way.

  

  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
  • Great
  • School
  • High

• One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take.

  

  Rene Burri
  • Book
  • Take
  • Pictures

• I did undergo hypnotherapy, and it didn't work! The guy couldn't put me under. I was very disappointed. I was very keen to be suggested, to have somebody tell me to run naked or cluck like a chicken or whatever, but it didn't work for me, I'm afraid.

  

  James McAvoy
  • Work
  • Guy

• Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

  

  Pat Riley
  • Great
  • Effort
  • Attitude

• There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbours here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy.

  

  Moshe Katsav
  • Different
  • Culture
  • Enemy

• The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.

  

  William P. Young
  • Enemy
  • Controversy
  • Obscurity