105341 Quotes by American authors

American voices swing between defiance and tenderness, mixing porch talk with courtroom thunder, hymnals with barroom jokes. The sayings lean toward motion, road-tested, restless, certain that the next turn matters, and they test ideas like tools, not ornaments. Humor undercuts sermon, dissent stands beside loyalty, and hope keeps arguing with experience. From prairie plain speech to borough quickfire, the language favors verbs over lace, a handshake over ceremony. Edge meets empathy, contradictions are carried honestly, and words still try to shove the world forward.

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"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end"

Leonard Nimoy, Actor

Leonard Nimoy

"A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package"

Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman

"A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire"

Adrienne Rich, Poet

"Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!"

Allen Ginsberg, Poet

Allen Ginsberg

"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture"

Allen Ginsberg, Poet

Allen Ginsberg

"Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering, we would never learn from over mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

Angelina Jolie

"What nourishes me also destroys me"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

Angelina Jolie

"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

Angelina Jolie

"When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"We'd like to have immediate answers to all of our questions. I think medicine, in particular. I found it frustrating as a physician, sometimes, to not be able to tell someone exactly why something was happening to them. There are still so many mysteries in medicine"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us, and I choose not to stop doing those things"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

Laurel Clark

"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men"

E. B. White, Writer

"I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny, which is a problem when I'm walking down the street"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

Angelina Jolie

"I always play women I would date"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

Angelina Jolie

"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us"

Virginia Satir, Psychologist

Virginia Satir

"So much is asked of parents, and so little is given"

Virginia Satir, Psychologist

Virginia Satir

"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family"

Virginia Satir, Psychologist

Virginia Satir

"Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves"

Virginia Satir, Psychologist

Virginia Satir

"If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally"

Debbi Fields, Businesswoman

Debbi Fields

"Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"That got me thinking. Bon Jovi kills in Jersey. Just kills. We did Atlantic City this past winter and man, you wouldn't believe the intensity in that crowd. Can I just talk for a minute about how amazingly hot Heather is?"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

Gale Sayers

"Halas didn't believe in starting rookies"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

Gale Sayers

"Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on"

Robert Redford, Actor

Robert Redford

"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel"

William J. Clinton, President

William J. Clinton

"Beer. Now there's a temporary solution"

Dan Castellaneta, Actor

Dan Castellaneta

"The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it"

Abbie Hoffman, Activist

Abbie Hoffman

"Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them"

Debbi Fields, Businesswoman

Debbi Fields

"There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"I'm on a search for my future ex-wife"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away"

Debbi Fields, Businesswoman

Debbi Fields

"And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death"

William C. Bryant, Poet

"You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

"I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience"

Debbi Fields, Businesswoman

Debbi Fields

"There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth"

Richie Sambora, Musician

Richie Sambora

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