Christopher Buckley Quotes

I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.

Christopher Buckley

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AloneChildrenTimeChildBecome

Magoo's appeal lies in our hostility toward an older generation. But he's not only nearsighted physically. His mind is selective of what it sees, too. That is where the humor, the satire lies, in the difference between what he thinks he sees and reality as we see it.

Jim Backus

HumorMindRealityGenerationSee

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from.

Matt Haig

LearningChildrenBestExperience

The rise of Breitbart is directly tied to being the voice of that center-right opposition. And, quite frankly, we're winning many, many victories. On the social conservative side, we're the voice of the anti-abortion movement, the voice of the traditional marriage movement, and I can tell you we're winning victory after victory after victory.

Steve Bannon

MarriageWinningVictoryVoiceYou

All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

Steven Pressfield

ResilienceThinkAdaptNeedBegin

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

Rupert Brooke

LoveAdmireAlwaysUsWhoWhom

I write a thousand words a day.

Lisa See

DayWordsWriteThousandI Write

We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through.

Claire McCaskill

WomenCountryTrafficThroughBreak

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

Antoine Rivarol

DoubtDoneNothingAbuseAdvantage

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

Paula Creamer

WorkSuccessGoodGood TeacherFun

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

Thomas Szasz

HappinessChildrenNowLivingDead

There have been times when people have told me to lose weight or tone up certain areas... It hurts no matter who you are and how skinny you are or how big you are.

Nina Agdal

PeopleMeYouLoseMatterBig

I have always said 'yes' to opportunities and experiences.

Norah O'Donnell

OpportunitiesSaidAlwaysYes

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