Rex Stout Quotes

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

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• You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • True
  • Dream
  • Dreams

• I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Political
  • Party
  • Politics

• I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.

  

  Imelda May
  • Good
  • Money
  • Dad

• If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Truth
  • True
  • Care

• I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Life
  • Why
  • Know

• Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.

  

  Ralph Adams Cram
  • History
  • Beginning
  • Creative

• I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

  

  Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • House
  • Dad
  • Myself

• Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Learning
  • Weird
  • Difficult

• Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.

  

  Bear Bryant
  • People
  • Me
  • Attention

• My mum had four kids on her own, so if I had one kid with one nanny and not a full-time job, it would be a joke. And I think the impossible happens when you leave your kids. I've seen so many nannies in the park on their phones, and the kids are running off.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Time
  • Job
  • Kids

• Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Respect
  • Child
  • Door

• What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?

  

  Kate Millett
  • Children
  • Freedom
  • Sex

• The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Art
  • Book
  • Me

• I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Character
  • Fear
  • Action

• I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Good
  • Lost
  • Health

• The thing about happiness is that it doesnt help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Life
  • Up
  • Help

• Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette

• People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

  

  Aloe Blacc
  • People
  • Community
  • Blood

• As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Men
  • Thinking
  • Long

• I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Important
  • War
  • Balance

• You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

  

  Walt Disney
  • People
  • Stranger
  • Footsteps

• And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • People
  • Sad
  • Surprise

• And Myrnin seemed quite taken with that, Claire thought; she’d never seen him look at anyone with quite that much admiration. It surprised her that it made her feel a little … what was that? Jealous? Couldn’t be.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • She
  • Taken
  • Surprise

• [A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

  

  Rex Stout
  • Surprise
  • Pleasant
  • Pessimist