Rex Stout Quotes

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.

Rex Stout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975

Topics

CharacterBornSheRoundWhoHe

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Jim Rohn

LeadershipGiftDoingAttentionYou

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

Joan Cusack

WorldLaughNeedHardComedies

There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.

Jeremy Scott

WorldChooseSeriousThingsJust

I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

John Paul DeJoria

DetailManagementIgnoreAttention

You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression.

John McCain

TimeDepressionYouBackCountry

We work as a team, and that is a huge part of why we have been successful; we run fast as a team.

Aneel Bhusri

WorkTeamFastRunWhySuccessful

I'm not a crazy Vegas guy. I'm not a gambler.

Steve Carell

CrazyVegasGuyGambler

If you're going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won't play good anyways.

Jason Day

GoodAttitudeWeekYouBadPlay

I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.

Dennis Kucinich

OpportunityWarThinkResolutionUp

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

Bobby Fischer

MeEgoChessHardTakeLike

I love to act because I love trying on other people's skin.

Autumn Reeser

LovePeopleTryingSkinActBecause

I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people.

Riley Keough

LovePeopleWantBeingStillDirect

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