Robert W. Service Quotes

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

Robert W. Service

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958

Topics

LifeWomanSongWineLongNever

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

Studs Terkel

CityAmericanChicagoCorruptMost

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

Steve Martin

SuccessJobNightThoughtDoing

Weakness is provocative.

Trent Franks

WeaknessProvocative

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

Toni Morrison

PowerTrustThinkYouDreamLittle

Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.

Rob Sheffield

MemorableNeverSeeParkingShow

It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition.

Ron Wyden

HealthCompetitionChoicesCreate

I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.

Mary J. Blige

LifeLoveMyselfYourselfMeCare

I think many actresses want to be famous and want to be the prettiest, and that wasn't my trek. I was thinking, 'I gotta get out of here... how do I get out of here?' I like acting, but I like directing more.

Lori Petty

ThinkThinkingFamousActingWant

An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.

Juan Cole

ChangeCharacterPowerSocietyRight

I love coming back around Northern California.

Jon Pardi

LoveBackCaliforniaComingAround

Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and turns.

Philip Baker Hall

LifeMeJudgeKnowChicagoDirector

One of the lovely things about writing when nobody knows who you are is there's no expectation.

Paula Hawkins

WritingYouNobodyExpectationKnows

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