P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
Rex Stout's narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. I don't know how many times I have reread the Wolfe stories, but plenty. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. That's writing.
Quotes to Explore
-
Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
-
I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
-
Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
-
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
-
My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
-
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
-
Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
-
I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
-
I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
-
I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
-
Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
-
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
-
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
-
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
-
I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
-
I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
-
I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
-
I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.
-
We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence.
-
Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.
-
I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.
-
Rex Stout's narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. I don't know how many times I have reread the Wolfe stories, but plenty. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. That's writing.
