Shelby Foote Quotes

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels.

Shelby Foote

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 17, 1916 - June 27, 2005

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I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

Jim DeMint

ThinkYouLookI CanDebtLimit

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

John Burroughs

ScienceCivilizationDoneDevelopment

I know it's cheesy, but if you listen to the universe, it gives you pointers. I strongly believe if you keep your ears open and eyes open, your path will become clear. You just have to make sure you don't ignore it.

Matthew James Thomas

PathEyesBelieveUniverseIgnore

Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

John Updike

ChangeMirrorArtPeopleFactsKnow

It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

PoliticalFixQuickGetElectoral

I remember the first time I went out on the street to shoot pictures. I was in downtown Philadelphia, and I just took a walk and started making contact with people and photographing them, and I thought, 'I love this. This is what I want to do forever.' There was never another question.

Mary Ellen Mark

LoveTimeWalkPeopleThoughtWant

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.

Marvin Sapp

PeoplePressureBeingPastorCounsel

Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.

Mo Farah

RealityAchieveSeeUsComeJoin

There is no greater gift than time.

Jonathan Safran Foer

TimeGiftGreaterThan

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

David Suzuki

EyesChildWorldSeeThroughBeing

When I say I'm living the dream, I honestly don't know how it can get any better.

Cole Swindell

BetterDreamKnowSayLivingGet

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.

Anthony Trollope

HabitReadingFadeEnjoymentOnly

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