Richard Ford Quotes

I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.

Richard Ford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1944

Topics

HeartTheorySomethingSenseMost

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

Johan Huizinga

AttitudeCultureEmotionsSoberDoes

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Andrew Carnegie

PeopleMediocrityMatterMotivate

I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction.

Mayim Bialik

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Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it.

Robert Green Ingersoll

ManFlagProtectNeverWhoKnew

I've been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories, one of which was published in 'The Paris Review' in 1989.

Amor Towles

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Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

Stephan Jenkins

Rock StarRockStarGuessYeahAm

To have a romance, you have to have time. I'm a justice. I've written a book. The guy's gonna have to wait until I'm a little bit freer.

Sonia Sotomayor

MindColorsDetailsPowerfulHouse

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

Simone Signoret

FamilyFutureDayQuestionsAlive

My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our nations veterans at a VA hospital in Buffalo, New York. That desire to serve fellow Americans propelled my four siblings into medical careers, too.

Tom Perez

LifeFatherMedicalNew YorkCaring

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.

Robbie Robertson

TimePlayRockLondonRollOnly

I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them.

Lucy Lawless

GoodBlueBlackEnoughYouI Can

When people say - 'Well, do you miss being a judge since you're in Congress,' I go - 'Only when I want people to sit down and shut up.'

Louie Gohmert

PeopleJudgeYouDownGoWant

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