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Quotes by American Authors
"Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students."
"Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least."
"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."
"Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow."
"Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form."
"I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years."
"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!"
"No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking."
"In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization."
"The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions."
"What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'"
"The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines."
"Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty."
"Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours."
"Yet, there is a sense of some deep sort that runs entirely contrary to human nature; that in putting ourselves first, we must by necessity put others first."
"I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold."
"When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell."
"The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV."
"There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy."
"Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish."
"My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her."
"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."
"Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of the psychic goods we crave, and we know no other way to live."
"There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce."
"Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration."
"The happiness of society is the end of government."
"If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride."
"You know what? It's a great conversation starter, right? You meet friends that way. Sometimes it's a good thing. And then other times, I guess, the person is just a little too... then you kind of like want to back away. It depends on the person, you know?"
"I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure."
"There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not."
"Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way."
"Progress was all right. Only it went on too long."
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
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