Thomas Frank Quotes

Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1965

Topics

WiseWorthSaltWillAskRepublican

You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'

Jerry Seinfeld

BirthdayCandleCakeYouKnowSee

When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.

Joel Embiid

MyselfManBasketballNameYouLook

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.

Alva Myrdal

PeopleDangerousMoreRealizeArms

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Tom Cruise

LoveGreatPrideGoWayGoing

There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market.

Joseph Hume

PriceOpeningAlwaysCornBritish

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

Jonathan Lethem

BecomeTryTooAnyRegularAddict

I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.

Johnny Mathis

TimeHappyBasketballRememberCoach

Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.

Johnny Winter

LoveRoadPlayOhReallyI Love

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

Denzel Washington

GoodOpportunityBlackYouWhite

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

Colin Quinn

UnderstandingTryingYouComedians

I like to stand out in the crowd. So anytime a designer offers up items that are a little attention grabbing or pushing the boundaries ever so slightly, I'm always game for that.

Brad Goreski

GameStandAttentionBoundariesOut

You look at how Barack Obama has had to conduct himself as president. It reminds me of Jackie Robinson, how he had to be very careful to reassure people that this was all right.

Ato Essandoh

PeopleMeYouLookPresidentRight

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