Bruce Feiler Quotes

I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about learning about that different culture. So I grew up in the South, and went to college in the North, and found out that I learned about myself as a Southerner by leaving the South and going to the Northeast.

Bruce Feiler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 25, 1964

Topics

LearningAgeGreatMyselfCulture

There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant.

John James Audubon

AloneSingingFlyingChancePlant

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

John Thaw

EyesMouthHideTryWatchReveals

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers or readers. I write the story the way it comes to me.

Amish Tripathi

TimeMeWorldStoryThinkingWay

The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.

Amity Shlaes

GovernmentPerceptionBondReality

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

Steve Wynn

BusinessDisciplinePeopleReality

I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.

Rob Liefeld

OutFanBatmanWhichCameKeaton

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

Mason Cooley

YouthFreeHorseRememberingKicks

There is an enormous amount of evidence that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, is doing his best to develop more lethal weapons, and funds and supports terrorism.

Mike Pence

BestDoingTerrorismMoreEvidence

I did 22 years in the military. I went through Paris Island. I'm a Marine. I will never not be one.

Montel Williams

ParisIslandWillNeverMilitary

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

Louis Auchincloss

GeniusWillAlwaysDangerGreatest

I did not realize how broken I was until I saw how broken Mama was.

Jose Antonio Vargas

BrokenRealizeMamaSawDidHow

I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the essence of what it's like to be alive now. The reason why great novels from centuries ago are still great is because that's what they were doing; it's like a message from another culture.

Jonathan Dee

GreatCultureDoingFindAliveWant

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