John C. Hawkes Quotes

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.

John C. Hawkes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 17, 1925 - May 15, 1998

Topics

BestKnowKindBecauseEnglishHow

People's attitudes have been changing over the past 15 years, but China is still the world's biggest consumer of dogs.

Jill Robinson

PastPeopleWorldDogsOverChina

I went to bar mitzvahs as a kid. I had a lot of classmates who are Jewish.

John David Washington

ClassmatesKidJewishBarWhoHad

I have a husband, and babysitters; I find it hard. I find it amazing how single moms do it.

Melissa Peterman

AmazingHusbandFindHardSingle

You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford. That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this.

Meg Whitman

WorkSunsetPainGovernmentCold

When you don't have a nine-to-five job, and you're with somebody who gets a tremendous amount of attention, it's not that you resent it - it's that you have all that extra time to think about it.

Anjelica Huston

TimeJobThinkAttentionYouExtra

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

Jeannette Rankin

WarPossibleHumanEnemiesLarge

My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.

Michael Gove

MeCountryWillRightJudgment

I used to love 'Ladies Night' by Lil' Kim so much that I performed it in school without really knowing what it was about. I just knew that she was getting at a guy and winning.

Stefflon Don

LoveSchoolWinningNightKnowing

The military likes to figure out how to do something, put it in a manual or an operating procedure, and perfect doing it, and have everyone do it the same way. I don't like that.

Stanley A. McChrystal

DoingPerfectWayMilitarySameOut

Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft.

Simon Sinek

LovePersonalityOwnershipKnowMore

I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny. And I discovered a lot of great writers that went on to do a lot of great shows like 'Seinfeld,' 'Friends,' you know, 'Three and a Half Men.'

Roseanne Barr

FunnyGreatMenFriendsYouPerson

I've visited Lincoln Park Zoo more times than I can count because I believe the more the public learns about our animals, plants and environment, the better equipped we are to play a leading role in protecting our planet.

Mike Quigley

PlantsBelieveBetterI CanPlay

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