Richard Ben Cramer Quotes

I'm just an old storyteller, and I always wanted to know, what the hell were these candidates really like?

Richard Ben Cramer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 12, 1950 - January 7, 2013

Topics

HellKnowOldAlwaysJustLike

Don't have a cow, man.

Matt Groening

ManCow

Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.

Tori Amos

YouSometimesWantWhereGetLike

First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist.

Ron Barber

GroupFirstLeadConcertGuitarist

People say the seats at sporting events are too small. My response is, 'That's why we're trying to work on the size of your rear end!'

Mick Cornett

WorkPeopleSmallEndTryingSay

I have learned very quickly where my strengths are, and color coordination of particular things is not a strong suit.

Chip Gaines

ColorStrongI Have LearnedStrengths

Some people have a phobia of midgets. They're, like, scared of them. I have the opposite - I see them, and I want to hold them down, cuddle them, be like, 'Come here, you little nugget. Who's your mommy now?' So cute!

Chelsea Handler

CutePeopleYouDownNowWant

In 1966, I bought my parents a carriage clock for their silver wedding anniversary. It was last wound 30 years later, in December 1996, the month my father died.

Clive Sinclair

FatherAnniversaryParentsWedding

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.

Bryan Callen

ExperienceControlGameComedyYou

Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.

Arancha Gonzalez

BetterMoreNeedJustJobs

What I hope is that I don't just become 'Peter from 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.' I want to try and do something else to be a good actor and a respected actor.

William Moseley

GoodHopeLionWantActorBecome

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.

Noam Chomsky

TelevisionRunSameElectionsSell

Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher.

Nicola Sturgeon

NeverScotlandMargaret Thatcher

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