Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HumorBestPeopleRichThinkTeeth

Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.

Jim Parsons

LoveHomeMeTheatreWantFirst

I've got quite a few inspirations - the list is kind of endless!

Jess Glynne

KindGotEndlessQuiteFewList

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.

Jennifer Weiner

PowerMoneyPeoplePotentialYou

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

Steve Yzerman

LongBackWayKidLong WayGoing

I was an angry kid.

Michael Reagan

AngryKid

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

Lucinda Williams

LearningSuccessTimePeopleYou

I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very much. It was a very, very special character and a very special series. And the camaraderie of it all. I loved it.

Derek Jacobi

CharacterGreatFunPeopleLoved

The record was only released in the UK, and then when the idea for the remixed album came about, which was an idea that I've had for the longest time, I said this would be great song to remix as well, and so we did it.

Deborah Cox

GreatTimeSongSaidWellIdea

I write in my study, where I also have my prayer altar. I believe that keeps me focused and gives me positive energy and reminds me that I'm merely the instrument of greater creative forces.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PositivePrayerCreativeMeEnergy

In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.

Christian Bale

RomanticMeEnjoyDoubtMoviesKind

We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up.

Bruce Babbitt

DownEconomyUpGoneUnemployment

When I'm fully fit, I have power and pace; then I feel good on the pitch.

Arjen Robben

GoodPowerFeel GoodFeelPaceFit

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