John Metcalf Quotes

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

John Metcalf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: November 12, 1938

Topics

HonestKeepAccurateThemselves

I don't get nervous when I'm interviewing someone on film - it can be cut, and we can do it again. It is quite nerve-racking doing things live.

Melvyn Bragg

LiveSomeoneDoingNervousCutFilm

My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.

Robert Quine

ListeningThroughPlayingStarted

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.

John Wycliffe

TruthBelieveEndConquerWill

I want to win championships, I want to win ball games, and where else is a better place to do it then your city?

Stefon Diggs

CityWinBetterPlaceWantGames

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

Stevie Wonder

LiveBearRightArmsAbout

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

Simone Weil

HeroOrderGiveMustOneself

The pace of increases in labor compensation provides another possible indicator, albeit an imperfect one, of the degree of labor market slack.

Janet Yellen

LaborPossibleDegreeCompensation

The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only one to fix it is government. They've got a legitimate role.

Dick Cheney

GovernmentSocietyFinancialProblem

If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.

Brian Clough

GoManagerWellHeChairmanShould

Fans want more; they want you to perform in their living room. That's the nature of the beast.

Boy George

NatureYouBeastWantLivingMore

The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.

William O. Douglas

HistoryDeepRightSourcesOur

Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing.

Priyamvada Natarajan

KnowingAlwaysQuestBeenLiteral

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