Alice Hoffman Quotes
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.
Quotes to Explore
-
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
-
Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
-
I am myself of a mixed background.
-
In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
-
It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
-
I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
-
It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
-
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
-
I'm a big Stephen King fan.
-
As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another barrier to progress that hasn't been addressed: Many men who would like to see more women leaders are afraid to speak up about it.
-
When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
-
They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.
-
What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies.
-
I grew up being absolutely in love with Tom Hanks. I remember, all the kids had Brad Pitt plastered all over their textbooks, and then I had Tom Hanks plastered over mine.
-
When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
-
I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
-
Of all the mediums that influence language, I think film is the one that has the most effect. Not so much from the point of view of pronunciation and grammar. I don't think we pick up very many sounds and grammatical instructions from the films we see - but the catchphrases.
-
If education is to develop human nature so that it may attain the object of its being, it must involve the exercise of judgment.
-
The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.
-
You’d never break this one. You’d never even bend her. She’d die like Joan of Arc first, and spit blood on you through a smile.
-
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.
