William Stafford Quotes
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.William Stafford
Quotes to Explore
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
Ted Cruz -
Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
Karen Joy Fowler -
I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
Barkhad Abdi -
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge -
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
Ed Asner -
My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
M.I.A.
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
Dan Colen -
Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after.
Ian Hislop -
No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
Tariq Ramadan -
The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
C. C. H. Pounder -
I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
Frances McDormand
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
Uzo Aduba -
I just don't watch a lot of TV.
Patrick Wilson -
A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
Gabriel Byrne -
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
W. C. Fields -
I am gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, although I do slip up on the sugar sometimes because I have a big sweet tooth!
Tabatha Coffey -
It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
Olivia Munn
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Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.
Christina Aguilera -
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in order to have enough....You geometers can calculate the area of circles, can reduce any given shape to a square, can state the distances separating starts. Nothing's outside your scope when it comes to measurement. Well, if you're such an expert, measure a man's soul; tell me how large or how small that is. You can define a straight line; what use is that to you if you've no idea what straightness means in life?
Seneca the Younger -
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.
William Stafford