Alice Munro Quotes

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 10, 1931

Topics

FeelKnowObservationPersonalWay

I remember I once went to a nutritionist who said I come from good Russian-Jewish peasant stock, which means I can hold a potato in my body for a week, if need be.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

GoodRememberWeekBodyI CanSaid

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.

Andrew Wiles

MindRestNowOverOdyssey

What I wear onstage is so stylized and bold.

Andra Day

BoldWearOnstageStylized

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.

Skylar Astin

MyselfPhoneGoHardAlwaysUp

The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.

Tommy Franks

FamilyGodFaithRelationshipMom

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'

Tommy Cooper

TodayMeDrivingYouKnowSaid

People can put their best poems straight onto the web.

Roger McGough

BestPeopleWebStraightPoemsPut

When I was a kid growing up, there might be 10 shows on the air that had been on for ten seasons or eleven seasons. 'Gunsmoke' ran for over twenty years.

Rocky Carroll

Growing UpSeasonsGrowingKidOver

Linear thinking typifies a highly developed industry. It starts to get these patterns built into it somehow. I'm not sure how that happens, but certainly you take a look at dinosaurs.

Michael Nesmith

ThinkingYouLookDinosaursIndustry

We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for in the United States Constitution, we have to really ask the question what is its purpose, how many people work there, how much does it cost the taxpayers and what is the value to our society.

Josh Mandel

WorkPurposeGovernmentValuePeople

I wanted a name on my shirt that represented who I am, and I feel I have no connection with the Alli surname.

Dele Alli

I AmNameFeelConnectionShirtWho

It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

Branford Marsalis

JazzAwaySomethingPlayersPhysical

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