Quotes by American authors

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Small: Tough times dont last, tough people do, remember?
"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?"
Gregory Peck, Actor
Small: The person who doesnt scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs
"The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs"
Hunter S. Thompson, Journalist
Small: Love is metaphysical gravity
"Love is metaphysical gravity"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: A suicide kills two people, Maggie, thats what its for!
Arthur Miller
"A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
Small: I havent spoken to my wife in years. I didnt want to interrupt her
Rodney Dangerfield
"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her"
Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian
Small: The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present
"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present"
Barbara de Angelis, Writer
Small: I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything"
Demetri Martin, Comedian
Small: Time Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life
Alan Lakein
"Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life"
Alan Lakein, Businessman
Small: Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now
Alan Lakein
"Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now"
Alan Lakein, Businessman
Small: Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold
Arnold Newman
"Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
Small: There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the info
Arnold Newman
"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
Small: Theres always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everythin
Bruno Mars
"There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened"
Bruno Mars, Musician
Small: Americans like fat books and thin women
"Americans like fat books and thin women"
Russell Baker, Journalist
Small: When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population b
"When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population"
Harry Reasoner, Journalist
Small: October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once mor
Hal Borland
"October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again"
Hal Borland, Author
Small: I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I cant get my wife to go swimming
Jimmy Carter
"I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming"
Jimmy Carter, President
Small: Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy
"Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy"
Ralph Ransom, Artist
Small: Its better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else
"It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else"
Phil McGraw, Psychologist
Small: I didnt never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me
"I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me"
Mary J. Blige, Musician
Small: It is better to rust out than wear out
"It is better to rust out than wear out"
Edwin Markham, Poet
Small: Fortune befriends the bold
Emily Dickinson
"Fortune befriends the bold"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
Small: Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel
"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel"
William J. Clinton, President
Small: The first thing Ill do if elected is demand a recount
"The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount"
Kinky Friedman, Musician
Small: A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish
Oliver Herford
"A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish"
Oliver Herford, Author
Small: Youre not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who sa
Malcolm X
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it"
Malcolm X, Activist
Small: If you have no critics youll likely have no success
Malcolm X
"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success"
Malcolm X, Activist
Small: Let us choose to believe something good can happen
J. Martin Kohe
"Let us choose to believe something good can happen"
J. Martin Kohe, Psychologist
Small: Dont have a cow, man
"Don't have a cow, man"
Matt Groening, Cartoonist
Small: Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget
"Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget"
Matt Groening, Cartoonist
Small: I cant be a legend yet. Im not dead
Maynard James Keenan
"I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead"
Maynard James Keenan, Musician
Small: All too many consultants, when asked, What is 2 and 2? respond, What do you have in mind?
"All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'"
Norman Ralph Augustine, Author
Small: The museum spreads its surfaces everywhere, and becomes an untitled collection of generalizations that mobiliz
"The museum spreads its surfaces everywhere, and becomes an untitled collection of generalizations that mobilize the eye"
Robert Smithson, Artist
Small: Drag a 100 bill through a trailer camp and theres no telling what you will find
"Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find"
James Carville, Lawyer
Small: We dont attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just p
"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry"
James Laughlin, Poet
Small: If you say, Im for equal pay, thats a reform. But if you say. Im a feminist, thats a transformation of society
"If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society"
Gloria Steinem, Activist
Small: Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me theyre more visual than oral, and they almost
"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
James Laughlin, Poet
Small: Going to church doesnt make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile"
Billy Sunday, Clergyman
Small: Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets
Andy Warhol
"Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets"
Andy Warhol, Artist
Small: Youve gotta be original, because if youre like someone else, what do they need you for?
"You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?"
Bernadette Peters, Actress
Small: Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all
Chris Brown
"Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet"
Chris Brown, Musician
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