Thomas McGuane Quotes

I find it more consoling to think of myself as little than to think of myself as big. I think I've gotten that from animals, particularly dogs. Dogs live such a modest life, and they don't live long, and the more you're around them, you kind of accept that.

Thomas McGuane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1939

Topics

LifeLiveMyselfThinkLongYou

I wanted to travel the world - I don't how that idea got in my head, but I really wanted to see the world... towns, cities, countries, I wanted to see them all.

Jimmy Cliff

TravelWorldSeeHeadGotIdea

Culture makes all men gentle.

Menander

CultureMenGentleMakes

When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.

Michael Gove

GoodDisciplineGovernmentSupport

I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake La Motta.

Marvin Hagler

RespectBestTraditionSugarTried

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.

David Sedaris

LiveMyselfCultureHatePeople

I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.

Chino Moreno

WindBandUpMetalJustHappened

I'm the farthest thing from a foodie or a food snob. Those people terrify me.

Chrissy Teigen

FoodPeopleMeSnobThoseThing

I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

VillainMoreHeroesFansHeyThan

My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?

Anthony Edwards

FamilyPerfectPersonMeetHuman

I think we have been unnecessarily maligned with a desire or a wish or intent on our part to try to defraud anybody. We haven't.

Sergio Marchionne

ThinkWishDesireTryIntentBeen

No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.

Rick Scott

FatherMotherHealthChildCare

Every man is half God, half man; he is both spirit and flesh. That is why the mystery of Christ is not simply a mystery for a particular creed: It is universal.

Nikos Kazantzakis

GodManMysteryWhySpiritHalf

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