Quotes by American/USA authors (page 9)

"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there"

Josh Billings, Comedian

"Music is the universal language of mankind"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work"

Richard Bach, Novelist

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening"

Gertrude Stein, Author

"You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"See into life, don't just look at it"

Anne Baxter, Actress

"I believe in prayer and in strong belief"

Tina Turner, Musician

"Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti"

Ann Bancroft, Explorer

"There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point"

Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy"

Malcolm Forbes, Publisher

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job"

Malcolm Forbes, Publisher

"An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world"

Harriet Tubman, Activist

"No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it"

Raymond Holliwell, Author

"I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team"

Lee Iacocca, Businessman

"Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open"

Elmer G. Letterman, General

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home"

Twyla Tharp, Dancer

"It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters"

Vanna White, Celebrity

"A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails"

William Arthur Ward, Writer

"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds"

Norman Vincent Peale, Clergyman

"You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned"

Judith Viorst, Author

"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out"

George Crook, Soldier

"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you"

Fran Lebowitz, Journalist

"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"CrossFit is a way of life. You eat well, you train hard, you push yourself. It teaches you so much about yourself"

Ben Smith, Athlete

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

William Ellery Channing, Writer

"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff"

Frank Zappa, Musician

"Let me show you how it's done... Loser!"

Babe Ruth, Athlete

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone"

Jim Fiebig, Businessman

"You can always become better"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person"

Britney Spears, Musician

"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all"

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer

"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious"

Yogi Berra, Athlete

"Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child"

Mary MacCracken, Writer

"One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little"

Alexander Chase, Author

"If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on"

Saul Perlmutter, Scientist

"The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board"

Grover Cleveland, President

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