Mario Puzo Quotes

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.

Mario Puzo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1920 - July 2, 1999

Topics

HeroManWarMeDieLose

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

Jessica Brown Findlay

SeriousTwoHalfStartedWellEight

We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

Jennifer Pahlka

GovernmentMoreNeedWithout

As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.

John Mott

LifeTravelMeMovingWorldMy Life

It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

Jeb Bush

LifeFamilyAmericaImportantPretty

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Michael Bennet

BeginningPoliticalDebateImportant

They both changed the way we hear the sound of the piano, both of them inventors of sonority: Chopin took bel canto singing lines and reproduced them on the keyboard above richly upholstered counterpoint; Debussy somehow preserved vibrations in the air, blending their ephemeral magic into music that reaches far back into deep memory.

Stephen Hough

MusicMemorySingingDeepMagicWay

I have turned down playing the most despicable people on Earth. I turn it down all the time.

Steven Bauer

TimePeopleDownEarthTurnPlaying

We all want somebody to come in and save the day and change our lives for the better.

Josh Hartnett

ChangeDayBetterWantComeSave

Indonesia is the world's third-largest democracy. And we also have the world's largest Muslim population. This demonstrates that democracy and Islam are not incompatible. Terrorism is not associated with any religion.

Joko Widodo

ReligionDemocracyWorldIslamAny

I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that.

Derek Jeter

BaseballForwardDoingLookSchedule

Attackers have to be selfish on the pitch occasionally, but it's important not to exaggerate.

Arjen Robben

SelfishImportantPitchExaggerate

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

Susanna Hoffs

TodayTimeCultureStrongThinkUp

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