Quotes by American/USA authors (page 40)

"The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor ever will, that has in it all that the varying minds of all time will acknowledge as complete"

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Artist

"Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on"

Stephen Sondheim, Composer

"I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop and look at some weird stuff - but we're taking our viewers around safely. They're just looking out the window at it. I'm trying to create a sense of comfort for my center audience"

Chris Matthews, Journalist

"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America"

Branford Marsalis, Musician

"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty"

Frank Herbert, Writer

"I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman"

Madeleine Stowe, Actress

"No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style"

Steven Brust, Author

"I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program"

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week"

Ezra Pound, Poet

"You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison"

Craig L. Thomas, Politician

"Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers"

Christine Gregoire, Politician

"I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward"

Henry Villard, Journalist

"The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism"

Craig L. Thomas, Politician

"It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations"

Christine Gregoire, Politician

"My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage"

Ed Case, Politician

"Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done"

Russell Means, Activist

"There is a thin line between politics and theatricals"

Julian Bond, Activist

"History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions"

Ted Koppel, Journalist

"If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy"

Ralph Ellison, Author

"I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie"

Noah Hathaway, Actor

"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone"

Donny Osmond, Musician

"Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice"

Salmon P. Chase, Politician

"Life is a game. Money is how we keep score"

Ted Turner, Businessman

"The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time"

Bruce Schneier, Scientist

"Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money"

David Geffen, Businessman

"George Bush doesn't care about black people"

Kanye West, Musician

"There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!"

Patricia Sun, Author

"While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment"

Mark Udall, Politician

"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived"

Harper Lee, Novelist

"People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media"

Ted Koppel, Journalist

"Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish"

Bill Ford, Businessman

"The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints"

John Coleman, Businessman

"I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me"

Marcia Gay Harden, Actress