Jerry Saltz Quotes

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough, good omens appear.

Jerry Saltz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1951

Topics

GoodArtNew YorkPeopleWorldWish

There's a duality of a guy calling on God: 'Where are you when I need you?' and then, at the same time, 'God helps those who help themselves.' I think that contradiction does exist in all of us, those of faith and those who profess to have no faith.

Joe Carnahan

GodFaithTimeThinkHelpYou

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.

Jennifer Saunders

SmilePeopleFlyWallGoneBeen

I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. You don't actually consummate it, but you get to pretend, imagine what it would be like.

John Cusack

GoodPeopleThinkYouChemistrySee

I've had the same friends for ten, fifteen years.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

FriendsSameYearsTenFifteenHad

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

Mia Love

WorkHard WorkEducationGovernment

If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work.

Tommy Lee Jones

WorkPoliticsYouLookKnowWant

The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.

Rowan Williams

PeopleWorldChurchNewHunger

I'm motivated to be No. 1.

Jason Day

Motivated

You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that.

Dianne Wiest

YouIndieMercies

Some folks want the position of being a U.S. senator to enjoy the benefits that come with it, like foreign travel on the taxpayer's dime - which Sen. Boozman's done 129 times.

Conner Eldridge

TravelEnjoyDoneWantPosition

I had the little Radio Shack crystal radio, and then my aunt Judy bought me a shortwave radio. It was amazing to me: like on these really clear nights - I lived in Ohio - I could get Texas or Florida. You felt like the world was a smaller place.

Anthony Doerr

AmazingMeWorldTexasYouPlace

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.

Peter Lynch

WorkThinkProblemSolutionSuicide

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