Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

My parents moved from ranch to ranch, valley to valley, town to town, but our roots in Fowler never really faded. For me, it's a place of history, stories and songs, not just facts and figures.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1948

Topics

HistoryParentsMeRootsFactsJust

I've had great success being a total idiot.

Jerry Lewis

SuccessGreatIdiotBeingHadTotal

There is always sleaze in the news. And you know what? The news is always a combination of things that are interesting and things that are important.

Jeffrey Toobin

InterestingYouNewsKnowImportant

What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.

John Lurie

MusicPeopleBelieveThinkTalking

Dead at 50. Mike Webster! Nine-time Pro Bowler. Hall of Famer. 'Iron Mike,' legendary Steelers center for fifteen seasons.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

SeasonsDeadIronCenterBowlerPro

I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.

John Varvatos

MusicThinkSomeoneNewWantWay

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

Mary MacLane

WorldSayAimAlwaysPayThings

People have always complained that we have made films ahead of times. 'Hum Dono' is still modern. We had wars then, and we have wars today. We had love and separation then, and we have that today.

Dev Anand

LoveTodayPeopleSeparationAhead

Bedbugs have never been cool, and bedbugs will never be cool.

Chris Gethard

CoolWillNeverBeen

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.

Anwar Sadat

HappinessPeopleOtherExpense

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a biography to a classic - to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers.

Ashwin Sanghi

LoveMotherMeBookReadingThought

It's weird because standup can be like therapy. Comedians can't be satisfied with just having fun with our friends. We've got to figure out a way to do it on stage.

Artie Lange

FunHaving FunWeirdFriendsWay

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

William Whewell

TestTruePredictOnlyPhenomena

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