Quotes by American authors

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Small: Im sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect
J.D. Salinger
"I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect"
J.D. Salinger, Novelist
Small: How long should a mans legs be? Long enough to touch the ground
J.D. Salinger
"How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground"
J.D. Salinger, Novelist
Small: Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family
Jerry B. Jenkins
"Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: Ironically, in todays marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must
Jerry B. Jenkins
"Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: Whats a soup kitchen?
Paris Hilton
"What's a soup kitchen?"
Paris Hilton, Celebrity
Small: Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time
Harriet Tubman
"Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
Small: Happiness isnt happiness unless theres a violin-playing goat
Julia Roberts
"Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat"
Julia Roberts, Actress
Small: God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligen
Raymond Holliwell
"God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body"
Raymond Holliwell, Author
Small: The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing
Isaac Asimov
"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing"
Isaac Asimov, Scientist
Small: There comes a time in every mans life, and Ive had plenty of them
Casey Stengel
"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them"
Casey Stengel, Athlete
Small: Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowle
Isaac Asimov
"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance"
Isaac Asimov, Scientist
Small: Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any m
"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole"
William S. Burroughs, Writer
Small: Believe you can and youre halfway there
Theodore Roosevelt
"Believe you can and you're halfway there"
Theodore Roosevelt, President
Small: Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now
Mattie Stepanek
"Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now"
Mattie Stepanek, Poet
Small: A laugh is a smile that bursts
Mary H. Waldrip
"A laugh is a smile that bursts"
Mary H. Waldrip, Editor
Small: The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel
Neil Armstrong
"The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel"
Neil Armstrong, Astronaut
Small: Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly
Robert H. Schuller
"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly"
Robert H. Schuller, Clergyman
Small: The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism"
Norman Vincent Peale, Clergyman
Small: If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform
Mary Wilson Little
"If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform"
Mary Wilson Little, Writer
Small: She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership)
"She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership)"
O. Henry, Writer
Small: Love is the same as like except you feel sexier
Judith Viorst
"Love is the same as like except you feel sexier"
Judith Viorst, Author
Small: Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me,
"Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top"
Joseph Smith, Jr., Clergyman
Small: A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever
Jessamyn West
"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever"
Jessamyn West, Author
Small: Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough
Mark Zuckerberg
"Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough"
Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman
Small: Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel
Napoleon Hill
"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel"
Napoleon Hill, Writer
Small: They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men
Clare Boothe Luce
"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"
Clare Boothe Luce, Dramatist
Small: If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyon
Steven Adler
"If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll"
Steven Adler, Musician
Small: The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of
J. William Fulbright
"The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures"
J. William Fulbright, Politician
Small: If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic
Ursula K. Le Guin
"If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic"
Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer
Small: Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party
Herbert Hoover
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party"
Herbert Hoover, President
Small: Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships
Michael Jordan
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships"
Michael Jordan, Athlete
Small: Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy
"Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy"
John Dewey, Philosopher
Small: I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervou
"I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up"
Dan Millman, Author
Small: I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult
Rita Rudner
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
Small: Genius is never understood in its own time
"Genius is never understood in its own time"
Bill Watterson, Cartoonist
Small: The giving of love is an education in itself
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The giving of love is an education in itself"
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Small: Those who play with the devils toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword
"Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classif
"There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it"
Dale Carnegie, Writer
Small: A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person
Mignon McLaughlin
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person"
Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist
Small: Newmans second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black
Paul Newman
"Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black"
Paul Newman, Actor
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