Louis L'Amour Quotes

I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the man who was ranching, the man who was mining, the man who was opening up the country.

Louis L'Amour

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1908 - June 10, 1988

Topics

HistoryManWritingYouCountryBig

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.

Jim Sullivan

MoneyYouHumanRealizeOutDecent

I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.

John Legend

MusicSoulYouKnowJazzRock

I'm a huge sucker for comfort.

Mia Wasikowska

ComfortSuckerHuge

For dramas, I've become more careful because now there are specific works that you think of when you hear the name Song Hye-kyo.

Song Hye-kyo

SongThinkNameYouNowBecome

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

Steve Madden

BusinessSupportPeopleGetWhoLot

My dad did everything he could. It was a start-up, and the banks didn't want to lend him enough money, so he mortgaged our house.

Rob Portman

MoneyEnoughHouseWantEverything

What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better - a few times.

Romelu Lukaku

WinBetterChampionsPlayTryWould

In the modern world, it may be that a living father can only be half a father to a boy - the dead father is the other vital half: the half that grows the boy up once and for all.

Michael Leunig

FatherWorldLivingBoyDeadUp

I realize there are a lot of folks in my political party who disagree with me on this, but I think the Patriot Act is an important law enforcement tool, and it makes our country safer.

Jason Kander

MeLawLaw EnforcementThinkParty

Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package.

Jon Katz

DogGiftFurnitureNewChristmas

By the time a kid goes to college, if he's taking math or science, at least he knows, or you hope he knows, some basics. But if you're teaching history in college, you have a lot of damage to undo. You basically have to start over because so much of what a kid has already learned is just wrong.

Chris Crutcher

HopeScienceHistoryTimeCollege

I was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool.

Chuck Liddell

DaySchoolFunCoolThinkYou

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