John Grisham Quotes

Charlottesville is a quiet town with friendly people, good schools, lots of churches, parks, and a bustling, growing community that more or less revolves around one of the country's great public universities. Volunteerism is rampant, and dozens of nonprofits hustle about, solving problems and helping those in need.

John Grisham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 8, 1955

Topics

GoodCommunityGreatPeopleProblems

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

Joe DiMaggio

ActorBallplayer

The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.

Jeremy Rifkin

LifeInformationTestWillAgainst

Everywhere that Americans spread off the Eastern seaboard, heading west across this country, they put up the schoolhouse first, hired a schoolteacher, and put all the kids in school.

John Glenn

SchoolCountryFirstUpSpreadWest

When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing.

Robert Hunter

DoingYouReadyKnowVoteSure

We're an ideal political family, as accessible as Disneyland.

Maureen Reagan

FamilyPoliticalDisneylandIdeal

Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.

Angela Duckworth

MorningYourselfPainPeopleGiving

We've been paying for 100 percent of preventive care. But if you're not getting annual physicals, then you're not going to gain a financial incentive, so effectively your insurance premium with us will go up.

Steven Burd

FinancialCareInsuranceYouGoUp

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.

Steve Martin

FunnyBestPeopleProfessionalJust

A quiet mind cureth all.

Robert Burton

PeaceMindQuiet

Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone.

Ronnie Spector

TodayMoneyUpGoneJustPackaged

When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess!

Mary Lambert

ProudArtistGayGoddessSaidShe

Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes.

Michael Wilbon

BasketballGolfYouDoneNowTennis

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