Rick Atkinson Quotes

The spring of 1942 was given over to a very impassioned, strategic debate about where we should first attack in counterpunching against the Germans and Italians. The British argued very persuasively on the part of Winston Churchill, prime minister, that this was a very green American Army, green soldiers, green commanders.

Rick Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 16, 1952

Topics

SpringGreenAmericanArmyDebate

That's what my life is, writing songs.

John Cale

LifeWritingMy LifeSongs

Everybody can get it. I'm here; I want to fight everyone.

Max Holloway

FightWantEveryoneHereGet

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

Robert Graves

TimeMoneyMeWritingTalkingWrong

If you like quick put-downs and aggressive interactions with the audience, you will probably not enjoy the rambles of an unusual character act making jokes about cats for an hour.

Amy Hoggart

CharacterCatsEnjoyYouWillQuick

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing.

Ronnie Montrose

AgeSilverMy OwnOwnTonePlaying

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun.

Jason Behr

FunBasketballBetterSomeoneYou

I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor - I can't stand it when you have actors who are trying to leverage directors into doing things they don't want to do.

Christian Bale

StandHellDoingTryingYouWant

If you can't plagiarise yourself, who can you plagiarise?

Christine McVie

YourselfYouWho

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

Peter Berg

MoneyYourselfBetterYouMoreHard

When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.

Seth Berkley

ChangeHistoryBoldStepsUnited

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

Kirk Hammett

DeathSheepYouHouseKnowOver

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

David Hockney

MindDrawingYouChessAheadYour

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