Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Robert E. Howard Quotes

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Robert E. Howard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936

Topics

Men Know More Without Because Split

I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone.

School Go Now Everyone Educate

I like everything I wear to be in sync.

Everything Wear Sync Like

It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago.

Better Athlete Two Years Sink Than

Even fake news tries to convince us of its reality, but it does so mostly by appealing to your preconceived notions, your shared biases, or your prejudice. How to do the opposite? To create a sense of the real and then challenge your biases. I think that is my favourite aspect of writing, and that is what I've tried to do in 'The Lovers.'

Challenge Writing Think Reality Fake

People perceive me as a commodity. They just don't think anything of asking for five minutes of my time. It never occurs to them that if they're asking for it and another thousand people are asking, I don't have 1,000 five minutes to give.

Stephen Jay Gould

Time People Me Think Never Asking

We don't talk about the timing of open matters, but I certainly agree with the FBI director that in every investigation, no matter whom it involves, we are thorough, we are fair, we are efficient, and we move through the facts and the evidence and come to the conclusions that are called upon.

Facts Timing Matter Talk Matters

When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.

Black And White Great People Black

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

Joshua Reynolds

Man Thinking Go Labor Will Avoid

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.

Think Want Become Distractions Any

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

Loss Innocence Bad Company Up Makes

There's only so much you can say about celebrity, obviously.

Chelsea Handler

You Say Celebrity Only Much About

It was the corner sweet-shop in Australia that first piqued my interest in interior design. I went into this space with a mixture of apprehension and excitement as a child. It was filled, floor to ceiling, with the most incredible rounded glass bowls filled to the brim with bonbons, buttons, and sweets.

Space Child Design Australia Glass

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Robert E. Howard