Edwin Way Teale Quotes
How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers.

Quotes to Explore
-
I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
-
If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
-
I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or another that it is nice not to care about it in life and let your skin breathe.
-
Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
-
Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
-
The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
-
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
-
God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
-
When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
-
I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
-
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
-
I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
-
Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
-
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
-
Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
-
I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
-
I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
-
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
-
When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.
-
Faith is not to be contrasted with knowledge: faith (at least in paradigmatic instances) is knowledge, knowledge of a certain special kind.
-
I write in the most classical French because this form is necessary for my novels: to translate the murky, floating, unsettling atmosphere I wanted them to have, I had to discipline it into the clearest, most traditional language possible.
-
There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.
-
In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.
-
How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers.