Quotes by American/USA authors (page 72)

"One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are"

"Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint"

"And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home"

Christopher Hitchens, Author

"Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts"

Christopher Hitchens, Author

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"

Ken Kesey, Author

"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps"

James Cash Penney, Businessman

"I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there"

Donna Tartt, Novelist

"Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"You either make dust or eat dust"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless"

James Cash Penney, Businessman

"Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn"

James Cash Penney, Businessman

"Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story"

Donna Tartt, Novelist

"On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business"

Donna Tartt, Novelist

"It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens"

Donna Tartt, Novelist

"The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers"

Adlai Stevenson, Politician

"The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

"Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil"

Kin Hubbard, Journalist

"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

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