Ron Chernow Quotes

Unless we know where we've been as a country, we don't know where we are or where we are going.

Ron Chernow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 3, 1949

Topics

CountryKnowWhereGoingBeen

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

Robert Sheckley

ThoughtAlwaysBelongLikeFrench

I always was a weird child. My mother told me the story that, in kindergarten, I would come home and tell her about this weird kid in my class who drew only with black crayons and didn't speak to other kids. I talked about it so much that my mother brought it up with the teacher, who said, 'What? That's your son.'

John Waters

MotherHomeSonTeacherChildMe

There is a great deal of busywork to a writer's life, as to a professor's life, a great deal of work that matters only in that, if you don't do it, your desk becomes very full of papers. So, there is a lot of letter answering and a certain amount of speaking, though I try to keep that at a minimum.

John Updike

LifeWorkGreatYouDeskTry

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.

Roald Dahl

AloneTogetherSchoolGreenStart

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

Mo Ibrahim

ExperienceManagementPoliticalShows

My site is about women who want to look good and stay active: women who don't want to suddenly become 'just mums.' But it's not true that it is only about the glamorous side. Last time I was on a plane with Romy, she was sick all over me, and I wrote a tip about travelling with a change of outfit.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

ChangeGoodWomenTimeMeSick

The idea is that angel investors are supposed to be wealthy people supporting people who need funds, typically who are not wealthy, and don't have the ability to do it themselves.

Jason Calacanis

PeopleAngelNeedAbilityIdeaWho

'Hum Dono' was accepted in a very big way. It was the official entry at the 1962 Berlin Film Festival.

Dev Anand

WayBigFilmBerlinAcceptedVery

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

William Lyon Phelps

LifeHorizonBetterViewUpTower

Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.

Philippe Petit

ArtMeRichFamousSaidEverybody

A fantasy of mine is being pulled up onstage by one of my favorite bands and singing or playing an instrument with them.

Tyler Posey

SingingFantasyUpPlayingMine

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

Richard J. Needham

MistakesPeopleStrongLaughLearn

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