Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

I studied French in high school and German in college and I once took a 24-hour Italian crash course. English has by far the most words in it of any other language. Our money might not be worth anything anymore, but the language is.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MoneyWordsSchoolCollegeLanguage

You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive team, you have to win in a different manner. You have to win a defensive-type game.

Jerry West

GoodTeamWinGameYouImportant

In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.

Jeremiah Wright

GreatPeopleWorldColorBlackWay

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

Melissa Ordway

CrazyGrowing UpStartProfessional

I'm from New York, and I started in New York, which I think is a huge advantage because I wasn't overwhelmed by the city. I understood the city. All of the distractions that could come with somebody that started comedy in New York didn't really happen for me.

Michael Che

New YorkCityMeThinkComedyNew

Driverless pods could have people who want to watch the same movie. Or there could be Tinder pods.

John Zimmer

PeopleWantSameWatchWhoMovie

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

Sonny Bono

LovePeopleEnvironmentRatAbove

Oh, my only - if I had one frustration in being on 'West Wing' is I wasn't on it enough, because I was in and out.

Stockard Channing

FrustrationEnoughOutWestBeing

When I was young, I always wanted to go to Russia.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

GoYoungAlwaysRussiaWanted

All my jabs, they're all different. I have a million different jabs.

Rose Namajunas

DifferentMillion

Frankly, a lot of candidates have no problem being sold to the highest bidder if it means they will win.

Jason Kander

WinProblemWillBeingMeansSold

I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you.

Josh Ryan Evans

HeartYouKnowThreeSurgeryStuck

Within me, I knew I would never be a first-rate producer. I wasn't tough enough.

Dominick Dunne

MeToughEnoughNeverWithinWould

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