John Gregory Dunne Quotes

Anecdotes are factoids of questionable provenance, burnished to a high gloss, often set in gilded venues and populated with familiar names as background atmosphere, purged of ambiguity in the interest of keeping the narrative flowing smoothly.

John Gregory Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

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The most important 6 inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

Jim Mattis

ImportantThe Most ImportantEars

You always want to have good balance. That's the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

John Elway

GoodBalanceWinWinningWorldKey

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

John Churton Collins

FindSecretsKnewShouldComforts

I don't take supplements - I get nutrition from food.

Maye Musk

FoodNutritionTakeGetSupplements

For me, stardom is feeling happiness and being positive.

Sridevi

PositiveHappinessMeFeelingBeing

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

Sun Tzu

LifeArtDeathWarSafetyRoad

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

Travis Tritt

PeopleYouPerfectLookRedneckBox

We played Carnegie Hall, and that was one time where I felt... Carnegie Hall as a legendary, very venerable place to perform. I'd never heard of anyone going into the Hall and kind of standing on the seats and playing throughout the aisles and having the audience stand on the seats. So when we did that in 2013, even for me it was a shock.

Jon Batiste

TimeMeStandPlaceKindNever

You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.

Bruno Mars

HatersYouWayUpFansAlong

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

Peter Davison

RealisticPoetsWere

If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.

Sherwin B. Nuland

WorkYouKnowOperationsDisease

Right now, as I'm typing this, some liberal somewhere is saying something unforgivable about Michelle Bachmann or Ann Coulter. I condemn you, whoever you are! But I'm not going to conduct a house-to-house search to find you.

Timothy Noah

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