Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1940

Topics

I AmLookSometimesOldLikeDoes

Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking.

Jessica Valenti

ThanklessTediousUndertaking

When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.

Max Martin

PeopleKnowYoungYoung PeopleEven

There's ways to get the right nutrients and eat the food you want and have it taste great.

Max Holloway

GreatFoodYouWantRightEat

I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media.

Ann Packer

HappyBookReadingMediaTalking

Picture it in your mind's nostril: you get in a cab in time to catch twin thugs named Vomit and Cologne assaulting a defenseless pine-tree air freshener.

Sloane Crosley

TimeMindPictureYouAirCatch

When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.

Trent Reznor

MindMeImpactFirstBigPlayed

When I talk about the C.I.A. stuff, I feel guilt because I left. I really believed in that job, and my colleagues are still there. But I have kids now.

Tom King

JobColleaguesFeelGuiltNowTalk

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

Rod Taylor

EarlyDegreeDaysLeanLargeThose

A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.

Mitch McConnell

SleepNightSheepYouTroubleCount

Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible.

Jonathan Sacks

FamilyMotherWomenBestGrowing Up

You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.

Don Rickles

CouragePeopleStand UpBelieveYou

I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps.

Christopher Hitchens

BeautifulTogetherMeThinkThought

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