John Jay Chapman Quotes

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

John Jay Chapman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1862 - 1933

Topics

TruthVisionWhyOutMankindUs

I'm constantly snatching my books out of the hands of precocious ten-year-olds who are simply too young to read them, despite parents insisting that dear Octavia has a reading age of 28. I remember trying to read 'In Cold Blood' at the age of twelve, and realising that just because you can read book doesn't mean you should.

Meg Rosoff

AgeParentsBookColdReadingHands

There's a tremendous audience out there for popular music. It's a bigger audience than for movies.

Robert Kardashian

MusicMoviesAudienceOutBigger

It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.

Ann Dowd

FunnySmartMeanBeingGoingRaised

In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.

Amanda de Cadenet

MarriageSacrificeSomeoneYouNew

When I joined Google, it was 1,000 people. It took me two and a half years to look around and realize there weren't a lot of people like me.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

PeopleMeLookGoogleRealizeTwo

What amazes me is that the whole world is fascinated by Kim Kardashian. What's her talent?

Tony Rock

TalentMeWorldHerWholeAmazes

I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that.

Jay IDK

NameArtistSuccessfulAwareMost

The FSG story starts to lose its fairy-tale aura when filthy lucre invades the sacred enclosure, as it did ubiquitously in the every-man-for-himself Reagan era.

Jonathan Galassi

StoryLoseAuraSacredStartsEra

I'm on time even when I try not to be.

Diane Kruger

TimeTryEven

It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.

Donnie Wahlberg

ResponsibilityBestWavesYouWant

I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.

Bruce Vilanch

WorkLiveYouMeanOutStarted

There's not enough talked about in terms of growing older. You start to lose your body.

Annie Leibovitz

StartEnoughYouLoseBodyGrowing

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