John Gregory Dunne Quotes

No professional athlete likes to admit that he has played too long. There is too much money involved, rarely enough saved, and there is the eternal hope that age has not withered skills.

John Gregory Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AgeHopeMoneyEnoughLongToo Much

Since 2000, we have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high-tech industries such as telecommunications and electronics.

Jerry Costello

LostManufacturingElectronicsSince

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

John F. Kennedy

PowerProblemPlaceNowVietnamOur

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

John Cleese

LoveCultureThinkingParentYou

I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.

John le Carre

FlyLanguageLiteratureEarlyTeach

We should not be focusing on quick solutions. The really important concern for policymakers everywhere is to prevent disasters - that is, the outlier events that matter the most.

Robert J. Shiller

ImportantMatterEventsQuickMost

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

Stone Gossard

FitnessMindChallengesThinkBetter

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

Mike Quigley

FaithStand UpStandPolicyRights

Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.

Jayne Anne Phillips

CharacterWordsVoiceStory

I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren't. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.

Jonny Lee Miller

GoodGreatPeopleThinkEndLuxury

In a great many stories that deal with time travel, there's usually somebody who knows how time travel works. They lay out the rules.

Diana Gabaldon

GreatTimeTravelRulesTime Travel

So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes me able to just become Belle every single night.

Christy Romano

MeNightThinkRealityKindBecome

God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.

Bono

GodWorldSpiritNeverParadigmUs

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