Jay Parini Quotes

Christmas is a story that has both religious and pagan origins, and to ignore its power is to ignore the power of myth - those symbols and legends that help us to ground our lives.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

PowerStoryIgnoreHelpChristmas

I do mourn my characters. I wrote an essay once where I was sure that far back in a marsh there was a hummock - a little hill of hardwoods - and an old farm house, where all the heroines in my novels lived together with all my beloved dead dogs. I've discussed this with my therapist, naturally. He says it's okay in fair amounts.

Jim Harrison

TogetherFarmBackHouseHillOkay

We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else.

John Elway

GodMeGameThoughtYouDone

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

Angelina Jolie

GodTimeStruggleMeThinkWrong

Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there's still a price to pay.

Angie Stone

FeelGivingYouPricePersonPay

I got roped into Twitter. I actually quite enjoy it! But I don't go on as often as some.

Amanda Tapping

EnjoyGoGotTwitterSomeQuite

I don't feel awake in the morning unless I've showered.

Stella Maxwell

MorningFeelAwakeUnless

I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way.

Sophia Bush

LoveFierceBodyBoxingWayForce

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

Russ Feingold

WorthBe PreparedCongressOffice

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

BattleReachNowWillPlacesGoing

Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers, roadworks, decisions made by others and over which you have no control. Believe me, once you've tasted this freedom, you're hooked.

Deborah Moggach

FreedomCityMeControlStartYou

I performed after 9/11 for relief workers down by Ground Zero. There were these men just coming back, and they were voraciously hungry. They were heroes, pulling rubble, and I was a new comic trying to go blue just so I could get some laughs.

Chelsea Peretti

MenBlueTryingBackDownNew

Show me one guy or woman as funny as Rodney Dangerfield or as good as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, or Joan Rivers. There are a lot of good comics out there, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics.

Chris Rock

FunnyGoodQualityWomanMeThink

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