Morrie Schwartz Quotes

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

Morrie Schwartz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 20, 1916 - November 4, 1995

Topics

SadLivingDyingOverSomething

I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.

Jewel

ChildInsecurityImpactYouLiving

But I'm really into old music - bluesy, soulful singers, like Etta James, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. I wouldn't have minded being born in the 1960s!

Jessica Sanchez

MusicBornOldBeingLikeSingers

If you're playing a character that someone doesn't like, that's okay, but if you're voicing your own opinions, they actually don't like you!

Jennifer Coolidge

CharacterSomeoneOpinionsYouOkay

I have to stop and think about everything I do. I'm very calculated in a lot of ways.

Andrea Navedo

ThinkStopEverythingCalculatedLot

I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.

Melissa Rosenberg

WomanExpectationsThinkBetterLook

If you make a fashion mistake, that's one that's going to resonate for a very long time.

Meghan Markle

TimeMistakeFashionLongYouGoing

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.

Steve Buscemi

PlayHealthyAlwaysTakeOnlyTried

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

Stephen Ambrose

WarOptimismWorldColdAtomic Bomb

If Steven Spielberg brought me a movie four hours long and said, 'It has to go out this way,' I guarantee you that's the way it would go out.

Sidney Sheinberg

MeLongYouGoSaidWay

The first painting I remember selling was 'Panthera.' I made it while I was in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the museum actually purchased it directly from me.

Mickalene Thomas

MePaintingRememberSellingMuseum

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.

Michael Shermer

LiveAgeScienceBecauseMythsOur

Whether by theft or by artistry or by conquest, when it comes to time, Venetians are the world's greatest experts. They bested time like no one else.

Joseph Brodsky

TimeWorldGreatestTheftLikeElse

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