William Lyon Phelps Quotes

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.

William Lyon Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943

Topics

LoveGoodMusicPeopleWorld

There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is no problem which compares with this central, universal problem of saving the human race from extinction.

John Foster Dulles

WorldProblemsProblemRaceHuman

The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.

John McCarthy

GreatPeacePeopleWorldMovement

If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail.

Anna Quindlen

YouWantWillMailSomethingGet

I completely disagree with the idea of eliminating ICE. We should not eliminate ICE: it's like saying we should eliminate the police force.

Michael Avenatti

PoliceSayingIceDisagreeForce

In 1995, I sold the rights to Harry Bosch to Paramount. They had several screenplays written, but a movie never happened. Harry Bosch went on the shelf, and I had to wait 15 years to get him back.

Michael Connelly

WaitBackNeverHimYearsRights

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Amos Bronson Alcott

FamilyChildrenSocietyPictureOur

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea and Singapore.

Stef Wertheimer

PeopleCreateNeedSuccessfulExport

We all need strategies for facing unknown repertory.

Steven Stucky

UnknownNeedFacingStrategies

I love ghost stories but kind of left them alone after my teens and came back to it after playing Heathcliff in 'Wuthering Heights' on the radio.

Tom Goodman-Hill

LoveAloneBackHeightsKindRadio

I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk is reading too many books of one 'type' in a row.

Julia Glass

TimeReadingThinkYouRiskSee

I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because there's so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition.

Jason Ritter

MoneyMeEndPressureBudgetKnow

I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.

Drew Barrymore

EyesStartThinkSomeoneYouLook

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