Quotes about american-writer
american-writer
He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me. Jean Stafford
american-writer angel looked slice
He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. Raymond Chandler
american-writer holds knowledge life worse
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.
american-writer human
Fiction's about what it is to be a human being. David Foster Wallace
american-writer course fact uneasy wishing
We're kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we're uneasy about the fact that we wish they'd come back - I mean, what's wrong with us?
american-writer attempt cannot darkness knowing seeing truth
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Frank Herbert
american-writer bingo bunch floor nursing players rot
I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home. Florence King
american-writer education receptive withhold
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. Agnes Repplier
american-writer chiefly generally gets kitten remarkable stopping
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
american-writer takes
It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account. Douglas Hofstadter
american-writer constant grows keener temper tool
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving
american-writer illusions itself
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
american-writer mistakes trying
The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one. Lewis Grizzard
american-writer cutting element later laying malice people readiness
There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. Eric Hoffer
american-writer great huge prepared received sell seven
I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience. Augusten Burroughs
american-writer argue competition public simply works
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. Jonathan Kozol
american-writer choose good knowledge strength wisdom
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever
american-writer choose good knowledge strength wisdom
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
american-writer
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. Elbert Hubbard
american-writer last plastic sandwich
The plastic on your sandwich really doesn't have to be made to last 50 years.
american-writer kitten
An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old. Carl Van Vechten
american-writer cut
When revenues are short, one of the first things you can do is cut back on services.
american-writer ancient chamber future remains
The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. Robert A. Dahl
american-writer glorious
Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.
american-writer danger imminent life national
Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger? Sean Hannity
american-writer awesome create depends future god image nobility ourselves responsibility revolutions-and-revolutionaries true
True revolutionaries are like God -- they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
american-writer government
To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.
american-writer
Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
american-writer took
After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe. Terry Goodkind
american-writer love
Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen. Marge Piercy
american-writer aspects attitudes change changing generation human inner outer revolution
The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. Marilyn Ferguson
american-writer deeply fear ultimately
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
american-writer approach build certainly content discard drive inner narrative rather science tried work
That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first fascination with science fiction. I have tried to build on its idea content and narrative drive rather than to discard them. James Gunn