Stuart Symington Quotes

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men.

Stuart Symington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1901 - December 14, 1988

Topics

GoodMenMeChooseHousePictures

People who take more than their share usually feel an inflated sense of entitlement.

Jeanne Phillips

AngryPeopleBlameSometimesOthers

Most of my work had been in theater, and I was jumping not just into television but 'L.A. Law,' which had all these megastars in it.

Tom Verica

WorkLawTelevisionJumpingBeen

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Mary McLeod Bethune

LifeFaithServiceImpossibleFirst

In terms of withstanding incredible amounts of pain - both physical and emotional - I don't think there's any better training than ballet.

Julia Jones

PainTrainingThinkBetterEmotional

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

StrengthDecisionExcellenceMan

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that something completely different. They were completely Art-less.

Douglas Sirk

PerfectionMindAmericanPictures

In anything you write - in a short story, a poem - there has to be a counter-motion; it can't go all in one direction.

Donald Hall

StoryDirectionShortYouGoWrite

I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

Chuck D

MorningHopeMeUnityYouI Can

You are not just about death and disease.

Anne Wojcicki

DeathYouJustDiseaseAbout

I was really scared of the devil growing up: I was convinced I was going to be possessed.

Perfume Genius

Growing UpDevilGrowingUpScared

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

Tim Roth

LifeCharacterRichPressureActing

Right now, black female artists are the most interesting people to think about. People are ready to hear whatever we're gonna say, and I'm not scared to say anything.

Tink

PeopleBlackThinkInterestingReady

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