Richard Ford Quotes

I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character.

Richard Ford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterVoiceThinkWayOutBeen

I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.

Jessica Williams

YoungSometimesStraightforwardJust

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

Jill Scott

LoveDisciplineLove IsYouTrouble

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

Jerry Garcia

EvilTwoStillEvilsChoosing

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

John Cheever

LifeCommunicationWriteNeedSense

Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality.

Andrew Lo

ScienceEconomicsThinkThinking

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

John Lithgow

MomentDoingYouDiscoverySaySee

An actor with a genuine gift has the power to transport you from whatever your own pains may be into an entirely different world, freeing you from whatever you may be going through. At its best, it can be better than any medication.

Robert Rinder

PowerBestWorldGiftBetterYou

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

John Hewson

ColleaguesViewLostSightRoleOur

When you get a draft pick right, you should be given full credit.

Jeff Van Gundy

CreditYouRightGetDraftPick

To be unrecognizable in movies is the biggest compliment that anybody can give you.

Michael Angarano

YouMoviesComplimentGiveAnybody

The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.

Stephen Root

WorkPeopleYouMoreSeeVice

Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.

Simon van der Meer

ExperienceHelpPhysicsFeelingBeen

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