Tom Shales Quotes

For those who don't like Dave Letterman, there's Jay Leno; and for those who like neither, there's Craig Ferguson; and if you're still feeling undertained, there's George Lopez and Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel and - let's see, did we leave out a Jimmy?

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1948

Topics

YouFeelingSeeOutLeaveStill

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.

Matthew Quick

HealthSocietyStoryProblemTell

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

Amy Winehouse

MusicMyselfChallengeWritingSee

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

Steve Lacy

MusicMonkFinallyFitFoundHorn

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

Sidney Blumenthal

WarDirectorOwnFBIDysfunctional

We just have to be careful of our actions as world citizens.

Mike D

WorldBe CarefulJustActionsOur

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

Judy Garland

LaughterTearsDramaKnowTryOwn

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

Joss Stone

MusicListeningRealLike

I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am.

Jon Crosby

WaterI AmThinkYouPersonKind

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

Denis Villeneuve

GoMoviesMakeGenreHowChoosing

To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.

Coretta Scott King

ActionDiscriminationDoneNothing

How little do we discover in comparison of those things which now are and forever will be hidden from our sight? The whole of which I am fully persuaded no one will ever be able to dive into, and to explain their causes and effects.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

I AmNowWillSightHiddenDive

Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option.

Wilson Greatbatch

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