Russell Hoban Quotes

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

Russell Hoban

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 4, 1925 - December 13, 2011

Topics

WomenAloneMenThinkSometimes

I like difficult people because that means they're perfectionists and they're passionate.

Stephanie Sigman

PeoplePassionateDifficultBecause

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Trisha Yearwood

MusicGirlCountryNeverSinger

I didn't know music would end up being my job, but I loved it so much I wanted to do it every day.

Mat Kearney

MusicDayJobEndLovedEvery Day

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

Matt Blunt

DayGovernmentPartyElectionNew

It's funny: as a director, there are movies you make because you're passionate about getting your vision across, and you know that you're vision is different than anybody else. In those cases, you take the plunge, and it works, or it doesn't. You make the stylistic choices based on how you feel about the material.

Michael Lehmann

FunnyVisionChoicesFeelYouKnow

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time - one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you... to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

Joyce Meyer

LiveTimeYouInsideEverythingWho

I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my persona. I want it to be a pleasant experience that's not just about hearing my voice. I remember some singers whose voices were so pretty, it didn't matter what they sang - you loved it.

Johnny Mathis

ExperienceSongVoiceThinkingLoved

Whenever anything bubbles up, I have to put it down. I have bits and pieces all over my hard drive.

Diana Gabaldon

DriveDownHardBubblesUpAnything

'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors on to whole other worlds.

Deborah Moggach

LifeChangeBookMy LifeDoorsOff

Uh, I do not wear a wig in 'Star Trek' like I did in 'Bottle Shock,' thank God. 'Bottle Shock' will be the last wig movie I ever do.

Chris Pine

GodThank GodWillWigWearStar

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

Peter Hammill

WisdomSongBelieveInterestingMore

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

Thomas Jefferson

ManReputationWillHimOutCarry

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Russell Hoban