John Podhoretz Quotes

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen.

John Podhoretz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 18, 1961

Topics

PeopleNothingWhyHappenMayPolls

Shoes are a good starting point. I've become quite fussy about them! A patent pair of Sonia Rykiel oxfords have become invaluable.

Jessica Raine

GoodShoesBecomeStartingPoint

I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience.

Jose Andres

LifeGoodAgeExperienceCooking

I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.

Dolly Parton

TravelRoadHungryBringGet

When a high-profile personality lives like I do, everybody thinks that person is fated to die young.

Dennis Rodman

PersonalityDiePersonYoungLike

In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project.

Douglas Wilson

QualityDesignYouWantProjectTwo

I've never pulled out of a fight, never not showed up to fight, so injured or not, I'm coming.

Donald Cerrone

FightNeverOutComingUpInjured

Some people don't like my fiction, because they prefer the nonfiction. But moving around keeps the work fresh for me and, hopefully, for my one or two readers who follow me from book to book!

Colson Whitehead

WorkPeopleMeMovingBookFollow

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.

Connie Willis

LoveGoodArtHeroGood PersonLook

I like to start out each day from the beginning. I'm always learning things.

Bruce Weber

LearningDayBeginningStartOut

I worked for three years in a small IT firm in Chicago. I managed our client base, so I translated into human speak for our technicians. But our company was sold, and the atmosphere and the culture really changed, so I quit without having anything else lined up.

Allison Tolman

CultureSmallSpeakThreeQuit

I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have.

Peter Hook

MistakesManI AmThinkEnoughOwn

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Montesquieu

HappyPeopleBe HappyThinkEasy

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