Lillian Hellman Quotes

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Lillian Hellman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 20, 1905 - June 30, 1984

Topics

TruthTimeYouTraitorMadeOften

By the end, everybody had a label - pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.

Jerry Rubin

GunEndYouPigEverythingRadical

I think with every successful consumer Internet business, there will be lawyers that are interested in going after your company, especially when they think that there's a financial incentive.

Jeremy Stoppelman

BusinessThinkFinancialInternet

You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.

Maurice Greene

ControlWinEndEasyYouEmotion

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

Sparky Anderson

BaseballLookMoveCaughtOnlyMade

When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.

Stockard Channing

MeThoughtArtistInspirationJust

Writing monsters is fun, and it's easy. When I want one, I just reach under the bed and pull it out, kicking and screaming.

Rob Thurman

FunWritingReachEasyBedWant

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

Rita Moreno

PeopleThinkCountryImportantOther

I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.

Mike Gordon

ChangeThinkThreeSoundRealOut

Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.

Julia Glass

I AmChanceEveningJumpPajamas

You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's inclusiveness.

Judith Jamison

FreedomDanceYouWayMoveIdea

But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there.

Jarvis Cocker

MeIdeasMoreNonsenseAlwaysStuff

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

Donald Rumsfeld

MistakesYouFastPresidentTellUp

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