Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

John M. Ford Quotes

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: April 10, 1957 - September 25, 2006

Topics

New York Happy Choice New Well Made

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Faith I Am Giving Humanity Boldness

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

Jeanette Winterson

You Rules New Write See Break

The thought of my children growing up in an America with less freedom, less opportunity, and a lower standard of living is a long-term pain I cannot and will not bear.

Opportunity Freedom Children Pain

The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.

Love Character Gender You Gay Way

I really like 'Project Runway.' I know it's reality, so that might be kind of faux pas for me to say.

Be Kind Me Reality Know Say Kind

In New York, working at the foundry, I was making these little figures. I desperately would like to make big figures, but I just can't do it; my hands don't do it. We were talking about making bronze plinths, and then we made one, a square one. I wrote on it, then I put a little figure on top, and it just looked really good. It worked.

Good New York Talking Hands New Top

There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.

Sea Land More Active Two Than

I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well.

Rosemary Clooney

Live Responsibility Joy Singing Long

During the 1970s, inflation expectations rose markedly because the Federal Reserve allowed actual inflation to ratchet up persistently in response to economic disruptions - a development that made it more difficult to stabilize both inflation and employment.

Rose Expectations Development More

A movie like 'Edge of Tomorrow' is so huge and complex - the spectacle and action is all-consuming - and that on its own is enough of a reason for a lot of people to see it.

Tomorrow People Action Enough Edge

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

Time Focus Waves Reading Enough Go

You use up a lot of mental energy in the Champions League.

Claudio Ranieri

Energy You Champions Up Mental Use

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John M. Ford