Carson McCullers Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
-
I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
-
Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
-
It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
-
It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.
-
China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
-
My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
-
Women are sacred.
-
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
-
I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
-
Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
-
Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
-
I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
-
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
-
I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc.
-
Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.
-
Netflix has always had this interesting ability to get non-mainstream content to be watched by the mainstream.
-
I'm always going to love my father.
-
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
-
Once I leave, I leave. I am not going to speak to the man on the bridge, and I am not going to spit on the deck.
-
Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
-
The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
-
That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.
