Flannery O'Connor Quotes

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

Flannery O'Connor

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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

Candace Cameron Bure
- World
- Good
- Family
Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.

Dan Phillips
- People
- Good
- Stop
If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

Jack Canfield
- Good
- Trying
- Mother
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Hannah Arendt
- People
- Up
- Good
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

Val Kilmer
- People
- Good
- Fun
The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.

Samuel L. Jackson
- Good
- Want
- Finding