Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

I was born in the '50s - 1951. So I grew up during that part of the '50s when everything was supposed to be at its best in America, they claimed, and then eased into the '60s.

Joe R. Lansdale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 28, 1951

Topics

BestAmericaBornEverythingUp

If I'm going to mix gold and silver, I make my accessories all match.

Jillian Hervey

GoldSilverAccessoriesGoingMatch

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages.

Jerry B. Jenkins

PeopleReadingFindWantOutKeep

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

Joel Osteen

PeopleLookingThemIncludeExclude

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.

Andrew Mitchell

GenerosityNeedThoseUKPublic

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received.

John Sheffield

BlessingPastThanksLordUsThy

I pray every day, several times. It soothes me. I don't ask for anything, except for health.

Jon Bon Jovi

HealthDayMeEvery DayAnything

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good.

Pierre Charron

GoodWisdomBestFoundationLearn

The sea is not rising. It hasn't risen in 50 years.

Nils-Axel Morner

SeaRisingYearsRisen

I don't like to be away from my family for long periods.

Richard Karn

FamilyLongAwayLikePeriods

I've always looked at famous actors and hope that once they get a part that they have success in, they would reprise it every few years in the way a pop singer will reprise their hits. Like Bob Dylan singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' until he's fed up with it, finding different ways of doing it.

Mark Rylance

SuccessHopeWindSingingDoingWay

My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I felt like, 'How could you not know that?' But for the ones who didn't know, he was basically the only president they knew.

Kenya Barris

BlackYouKnowPresidentFirstTell

I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play music. And I see it more as a teen activity than I do as going into music.

Kim Gordon

MusicGreatTeenThinkYouPlay

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