Jonathan Raymond Quotes

Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize.

Jonathan Raymond

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MeAlwaysPrizeConsolationStruck

Most people thought Gomer was stupid, dumb, a real klutz. But you study him, he really wasn't any of those things. Gomer just didn't want to see bad in anybody; you could never get him mad.

Jim Nabors

PeopleStupidThoughtYouBadDumb

I don't say very much I don't really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.

Joe Biden

ThinkKnowSayThroughMuchSounds

I definitely feel, when I'm wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them.

Joan Severance

PeopleHurtFeelCostumeScareThem

I can't sing.

Jenny Eclair

Sing

When I started writing, I was reading people such as Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, who did 'Jurassic Park,' which is possibly the most action-filled book you'll read, apart from mine, and I said to myself, 'Why aren't these guys doing big-scale action like you would see in a movie?'

Matthew Reilly

MyselfPeopleWritingBookReading

I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.

Sue Monk Kidd

HeartPeopleBookPotentialFierce

I don't have any contempt for the men who have to have jobs and have to commute and have to pay the mortgage and have to get their kids an education. To me, that's the backbone of America, to coin a phrase.

Sloan Wilson

EducationMenMeAmericaMortgage

I feel bad for young actors who become huge stars too quickly, because you haven't had a chance to practice your craft a lot.

Topher Grace

StarsPracticeChanceFeelYouBad

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Mary Kay Ash

WorkYourselfSomethingGiveToward

The more we engage in society, the more firsts we have, then there will be a moment when we have no more firsts. Or maybe there will always be new firsts.

Juan Felipe Herrera

MomentSocietyNewWillMoreEngage

It made absolutely no sense to me why Panther would ever join a super-hero team; he's not a super-hero, and the record shows he did a whole lot of nothing most of the time.

Christopher Priest

TimeMeTeamNothingWhyNo Sense

I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me.

Brandi Chastain

TimeSchoolMeFreeDownWall

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