Wallace Stegner Quotes

It has never been man’s gift to make wildernesses. But he can make deserts, and has.

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• If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • Movie
  • You

• If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Time
  • Good
  • Day

• By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • May
  • Nation
  • Rat

• We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.

  

  Ja Rule
  • People
  • Up
  • Believe

• Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • People
  • World
  • Space

• Catalytic oxidation in living substances rests upon change of valency in an iron compound which is the respiratory oxygen-transferring ferment.

  

  Otto Heinrich Warburg
  • Change
  • Living
  • Iron

• You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Job
  • Doing
  • Saying

• The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Good
  • Reason
  • Back

• I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything.

  

  Harold Prince
  • People
  • Why
  • Rock

• A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Hope
  • Team
  • Fire

• There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.

  

  Garth Nix
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Literature

• I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • Time
  • Great
  • Always

• I'm happy I have fans; obviously, they're such great people. When I'm on Twitter and Facebook, they say such nice things that I really appreciate.

  

  Dakota Goyo
  • People
  • Great
  • Happy

• Each year, I write out a goal sheet with what I expect. If I showed anybody else my goal sheet, they would have said I was crazy.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Crazy
  • Goal
  • Year

• I am very strong. When you have children, you have to be.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Children
  • Strong

• I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

  

  Mal Peet
  • People
  • Young
  • Lovely

• Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that's why people crave thrills like roller coasters or scary movies. They give you the chance to feel this very primal emotion in a very controlled environment.

  

  Oren Peli
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my loving and supportive family.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • Family
  • Thankful
  • Blessings

• Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something.

  

  Brian Setzer Stray Cats
  • Done
  • Road

• Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.

  

  Brendon Burchard
  • Success
  • Challenge
  • Progress

• I've often said, 'If I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny.' Snake was a lot cooler than I was. He was a perfect quarterback and a perfect Raider. When you think about the Raiders, you think about Ken Stabler.

  

  John Madden
  • Game
  • Perfect
  • Snake

• Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.

  

  Murray Walker
  • Stills
  • Four
  • Hills

• What I do is taking what they say and using it against them. What I do is jujitsu.

  

  Al Franken

• It has never been man’s gift to make wildernesses. But he can make deserts, and has.

  

  Wallace Stegner