Mary Karr Quotes

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1955

Topics

LookCopyNeverProfoundDegree

I remember the first time I went to Europe, I had someone take a picture of me there, so I could really see myself there. There's a sense of being outside yourself, and I think celebrity allows us that too, to be outside ourselves.

Jess Walter

TimeMyselfYourselfMeThink

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

John Adams

DesignAmericaWonderEarthIgnorant

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.

John Baldacci

RespectDiversityPeopleThinkYoung

I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!

Ana Ortiz

MyselfMomBelieveFeelSometimes

In 1989, I had a fellowship to teach for Yale in China for two years. I came back from California to New Haven to spend the summer learning Chinese, but because of Tiananmen Square, Yale cancelled the program.

Amor Towles

LearningBackSummerNewCalifornia

My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.

Trombone Shorty

ParentsMeNeedTrumpetBecause

For the past two years, President Obama has promised our children the moon, stars, rainbows, unicorns and universal health care for all. But the White House Santa's cradle-to-grave entitlement mandates are a spectacularly predictable bust.

Michelle Malkin

StarsChildrenHealthPastMoon

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

Judi Dench

MeControlTheatreYouContrast

Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock.

Johnny Van Zant

QueenLookRockSheOutSouthern

I presented a bill that will address a glaring loophole that allows gun buyers to bypass a background check by purchasing guns as kits. These kits allow anyone to purchase a totally untraceable firearm. The act simply says these weapons should be regulated like other firearms and require background checks.

Brad Schneider

GunWillGunsPurchasingCheckAct

'New Moon' was such a serious, depressing movie that people felt we had lost a little humor of the books.

Wyck Godfrey

HumorPeopleMoonLostSeriousNew

I would love to set foot on another planet - lunar or Mars or somewhere.

Peggy Whitson

LoveMarsPlanetSomewhereFootSet

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