Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince. How about that?

Roy Blount, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 4, 1941

Topics

WordsThinkYouSayJustWord

I swam in high school.

Jimmie Johnson

SchoolHigh SchoolHigh

I've chosen to get the word out to women, especially young women, that tobacco is not glamorous - it's addictive and smoking takes a serious toll on your health.

Mena Suvari

WomenHealthSmokingSeriousYoung

I live in Florida and people are crazy here. And I say that lovingly.

Amy Seimetz

LivePeopleCrazySayFloridaHere

Being schooled is the same thing as learning, and you can never be too old to have your coattail pulled when you're wrong about something.

Troy Carter

LearningYouWrongNeverOldSame

I have a grandson who's both really interested in art and all things mechanical, so I think he'll get a huge kick out of 'Apollo 13' someday. And I think my granddaughters will enjoy 'Splash.'

Ron Howard

ArtThinkEnjoyWillOutMechanical

Our national security is in a place where even my kids are concerned about things like ISIS when they hear about terrorist attacks on American soil.

Ronna McDaniel

AmericanSecurityPlaceSoilThings

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

ArtDanceMostArt FormsRevealing

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.

Diane Lane

MotherThinkFilmmakingThreeTask

You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do - no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the end of the world for someone else.

Devin Druid

LifeWorldSmallEndSomeoneYou

Newark faces real challenges.

Cory Booker

ChallengesRealFacesNewark

Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight. The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it's very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.

Bonnie Raitt

MusicMorningTalentGenerationYou

I think the kind of landscape that you grew up in, it lives with you. I don't think it's true of people who've grown up in cities so much; you may love a building, but I don't think that you can love it in the way that you love a tree or a river or the colour of the earth; it's a different kind of love.

Arundhati Roy

LoveTreeRiverPeopleBuildingYou

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