Rex Stout Quotes

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.

Rex Stout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HomeMeStoryTelevisionChessHand

Every mom knows it's hard to take care of yourself while you're trying to take care of your children because, when you become a mother, you become so selfless.

Jessie James Decker

MotherChildrenYourselfMomCare

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

Jessye Norman

LoveMusicSingingJazzOverOpen

For people who don't know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. I've been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.

John Barrasso

WifePeopleMeMedicineCareKnow

Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.

Michael Cimino

FamilyPoliticsWorldFriendsChoose

The question remains: which brands will commit to creating a private sector pillar of social change, and which will become casualties of their own outdated thinking?

Simon Mainwaring

ChangeThinkingCreatingWillBecome

I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

Milos Forman

ThinkYouKnowHollywoodFilmMake

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

Diane Greene

SeaVisionValueMeThinkMy Own

Any notable moments spent on a subway usually do nothing more than expose human awfulness at its most pronounced.

Chris Gethard

MomentsNothingMoreHumanSubway

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

WorkJoyPrideFeelDoingSometimes

My father worked in a scientific lab where he designed and built glass instruments. He was regarded as brilliant at his job and once constructed a human brain in glass just to show off his skills.

Christopher Fowler

FatherJobBrainHuman BrainSkills

And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard.

Brandon Routh

AustraliaHardHitOnceWeights

I love standing up behind the blocks, and I love that moment just before you dive in and it goes quiet, and you take a deep breath and you just dive, and then you try and win, but that moment just before I go, that's why I race.

Bronte Campbell

LoveMomentWinDeepYouQuiet

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