Preston Sturges Quotes

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

Preston Sturges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1898 - August 6, 1959

Topics

LifeMeFindPlayGoWrite

Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing tenners in the air. I've done pretty well out of it, but certainly not enough to say, 'Right, that's me set up for life.'

Joanne Harris

LifeMeWritingWinningStartYou

I've always been someone who has been very driven. I think my circumstances, how I grew up, hard work and work ethic are absolutely vital to any success that people might have, regardless of what they might be doing.

Jerry West

WorkHard WorkSuccessPeopleThink

The phoebe-bird is a wise architect and perhaps enjoys as great an immunity from danger, both in its person and its nest, as any other bird. Its modest ashen-gray suit is the color of the rocks where it builds, and the moss of which it makes such free use gives to its nest the look of a natural growth or accretion.

John Burroughs

GrowthGreatBirdWiseFreeColor

This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged.

Jerry Costello

CommunityHistoryHumanGenocide

It's super easy to do what Conor does. He earned something. Then, he looks over the fence - he looks for something new - and it's very easy to be motivated for something new.

Max Holloway

FenceEasyLooksNewOverSomething

People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.

Meredith Whitney

PeopleDoingMediaPowerfulThings

Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

Steven Spielberg

LoveTelevisionMoviesDifferentTV

The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

Martin Winterkorn

ImportantWillThe Most Important

I got my first acting role because I was a singer.

Christian Kane

ActingFirstSingerBecauseRole

I'm in love with red. I think it's such a passionate color. Every flag of every country pretty much has red it it. It's power, there's no fence sitting with red. Either you love it or you don't. I think its blood and strength and life. I do love red. I love all colors. Great shades of blue, you find them in nature. They're all magic.

Bryan Batt

LifeNatureLoveStrengthPowerRed

When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job.

Brigitte Nielsen

GoodMoneyJobToughYouMovies

The pro-E.U. campaign is all too likely to be based on a fear of the unknown because in most people's lifetime, we have never been out of the E.U.

Nigel Lawson

FearPeopleUnknownNeverOutBeen

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