John Irving Quotes

If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a novel with the last sentence is a pretty plodding way to spend your life.

John Irving

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LifeBeginningThinkInterestingWay

My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I don't know if it's the right thing to do - push your kids into something and then stay on them until they do it. Let them pick what they want to do.

Joe Pesci

FatherMeLovedPushKnowWant

Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny.

Joe Grant

FunnyGoodHumorLookingYouHim

In the nineteen-thirties, one in four Americans got their news from William Randolph Hearst, who lived in a castle and owned twenty-eight newspapers in nineteen cities.

Jill Lepore

NewsLivedCastleGotWhoFour

I'm a 'bright, shiny objects' guy. I'm always looking for what's next.

Andrew Zimmern

LookingBrightAlwaysNextGuy

It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.

Andy Stern

StrongerStopPayOutContracts

Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France.

Jeb Hensarling

LivePeopleListenMoveFrance

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.

John Sergeant Wise

ManPeopleMeChoicePossibleWould

I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them.

Amin Maalouf

SonI AmCityMeRoadCountry

I find it's usually the bullies who are the most insecure.

Tom Felton

FindWhoMostBulliesInsecure

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

Robert Baden-Powell

HappinessHappyPeopleBelieveRich

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one of the ways around that is to always be telling the truth - or some version of it.

Ron Livingston

GoodTruthPeopleKnowDeception

I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter.

Russel Honore

SwingDeadWithoutCatReporter

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