Bel Kaufman Quotes
Dear Bea—Can’t make it today—sorry. Parent arriving lunch per. to ask why son got 35% on Midterm. Must answer him. How? Sylvia Dear Syl—Don’t try. There’s no communication; no one really listens. Every man is an island. Give him a container of coffee instead.Bel Kaufman
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Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control.
Patrick Stewart -
My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
Paloma Faith -
Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
Malcolm Cowley -
I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
Olly Murs -
Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.
Ian Anderson -
I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.
Rachel Kushner
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
Vance McAllister -
Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
Barbara Mikulski -
I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.
Maddie Ziegler -
If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
Rachel Roy -
We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
Ferran Adria -
I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
Aaron Swartz
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The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
Harry A. Blackmun -
I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
Daisy Fuentes -
If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And that's as far as it goes. Because I will simultaneously read a review where somebody says, 'Oh my God, I had so much fun reading this book and I learned so much.'
Dan Brown -
I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.
Tammy Blanchard -
You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.
Calvin Klein -
Is it ever worthwhile to buy a review? Not in my opinion. With independent paid review services, quality can be a problem; plus, there are plenty of non-professional book review venues out there that will review for free.
Victoria Strauss
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I definitely want to develop my own film or TV show at some point. I constantly strive to be as productive as possible, even when I'm not on set.
Joe Cole -
There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger.
Fernando Botero -
Let our children be taught love love love.
Daniel Harvey Hill -
Yes, you could call me a tree hugger, an environmentalist, an eco-warrior even - except I don't spend my life in a kaftan, smoking joss sticks and walking a skinny dog on a piece of string.
Jasper Carrott -
Dear Bea—Can’t make it today—sorry. Parent arriving lunch per. to ask why son got 35% on Midterm. Must answer him. How? Sylvia Dear Syl—Don’t try. There’s no communication; no one really listens. Every man is an island. Give him a container of coffee instead.
Bel Kaufman