Molly Ivins Quotes

The Federal Reserve system obviously doesn't work anymore - they keep lowering the federal discount rate, and all that happens is that the banks are making a fortune, and the old folks' CDs are getting chewed up.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Topics

WorkOldUpSystemFortuneKeep

I grew up in the '70s, when people talked on the phone - and just talked more. I remember the phone was the epicenter of our house. I spent hours every evening as a teenager waiting for the phone to ring and talking to my friends.

Jennifer Egan

WaitingPeopleEveningTalkingHouse

Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind.

Maxine Peake

CharacterI AmProblemSleeping

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

AlwaysTellStories

I don't think I'm popular enough for audience to relate to me on a reality shows. I'm content with my acting endeavors and want to continue taking up more of acting projects.

Sriti Jha

MeThinkRealityEnoughActingWant

Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.

Roger Ebert

RealHimWhoOnceClueHitchcock

One of the first guys I ever played golf with was Samuel L. Jackson. We did a movie many years ago and would play whenever we could.

Rocky Carroll

GolfPlayFirstYearsWouldMovie

My mother really would make these dreadful concoctions. She really prided herself on something called 'Everything Stew,' where she would take everything in the refrigerator, all the leftovers, and put them all together.

Ruth Reichl

MotherTogetherSheEverythingTake

In Manipur, mostly the top player's family background is very poor. I also come from a poor family, so we have to do more hard work to get money and a better life.

Mary Kom

LifeWorkFamilyHard WorkMoney

In cyberspace, people with different skin colors, nationalities, cultures and languages should be equally entitled to participation, free speech and development. We should abandon prejudices, respect differences, and be tolerant and open.

Lu Wei

RespectPeopleColorsFreeSpeech

Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits.

Louis Navellier

GreatBestWorldKeyIndividual

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Jon Evans

HopeGreatHumblePeopleManagement

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

Douglas Brinkley

PositiveLeadershipQualityStubborn

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