Tom Shales Quotes

'Dragnet' (the 1951 original, transferred nearly intact from radio) served as a veritable template for all cop shows to come.

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RadioOriginalCopComeShows

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

John Burroughs

FailureManBlameTryingDiscouraged

I've never attended any Tea Party functions.

John Bolton

TeaPartyNeverTea PartyAny

When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.

Joel Robuchon

LifeFishYouImportantEatMeat

We all grow up with inherited genes and inherited sensibilities, and they run very, very deep.

John Lithgow

DeepGrowRunGrow UpUpGenes

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

Ann Miller

GirlPoliticsPartyNeverPlayed

To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

Ann Brashares

YourselfWorldStoryThinkYouOpen

I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

Amy Poehler

BirthdayHappyPeopleFreeGiving

Bad policy tends to be done in a rush.

Tony Cardenas

BadDonePolicyRushTends

The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come, and we cannot approach it with a modicum of intelligence if we start out from a position of hatred.

Michel Foucault

TimeIntelligenceStartPolitical

Might was the measure of right.

Lucan

MeasureRightMight

For me, fashion is exciting, and it should be exciting whether you get it wrong or right.

Jonathan Anderson

MeFashionYouWrongRightGet

I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.

Dolly Parton

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