Stanley Crouch Quotes

Everybody has to be reminded that there's another way to be. Another more mysterious, unpredictable way to be that's not necessarily based upon contrivances.

Stanley Crouch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1945

Topics

WayMysteriousMoreUnpredictable

If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that.

Jesse Harris

SongStandFeelNicePointOwn

Stats are for losers. They relish in them.

Jerry Jones

LosersThemRelish

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.

John Kenneth Galbraith

MoneyRichPoorLittleWorkingMuch

I'm generally an optimist, but of course, when you've been with the UFC for a decade and still not had a title shot, there is a little part of you that wonders if it will ever happen.

Michael Bisping

YouWillDecadeOptimistHappen

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

John Ruskin

PurposeMuchHowHow MuchMakes

I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.

Amiri Baraka

GreatPeopleStupidThoughtAmerica

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

Simon Baker

GoodGreatPeopleStand UpThink

I hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself.

Rupert Penry-Jones

TimeMyselfHateFeelingChristmas

To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And to be a student of life, you have to be feeding yourself with what life, politics, society, and your family fuels you with.

Mira Nair

LifeFamilyPoliticsYourselfYou

Our business has changed so much. Do people even want albums, or do they just buy singles now? You sort of feel like you're the last guy manufacturing VCRs... but I really like albums, and so I like doing them. I'll be the last one making them, even when no one's buying them.

Brad Paisley

BusinessPeopleFeelDoingYouWant

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

Bryan Cranston

WorkLoveTimeMoneyThinkThought

In Norway, everyone knows everyone, and everyone is very supportive of each other. If there is anyone new, or a new song is coming out, everyone will probably know about it.

Astrid S

SongNewKnowWillEveryoneOut

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