Lillian Hellman Quotes

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Lillian Hellman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleBibleStandEarthEatWatch

The Karen Ann Quinlan case is where the right to life and the right to die got bound together, and I don't think they've ever gotten untangled.

Jill Lepore

LifeTogetherThinkDieRightWhere

People don't read me and say, 'Oh, it's so clean and elegant.'

Jesmyn Ward

PeopleMeSayCleanElegantRead

Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.

Jennifer Damiano

LoveAmazingCoolAppleWriteSure

With electronic music, you are not confined to the acoustics of a concert-hall, and that inspired me to bring my performances outdoors.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicMeOutdoorsYouBring

Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light... You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage.

Amy Grant

GoodMarriageLightYellowLearnGo

I kind of tend to write a lot of songs, so it's never too hard for me to finish an album; it's more about just getting enough songs that I really love.

Soccer Mommy

LoveMeEnoughKindNeverWrite

I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.

Sia

StarsFamousPersonSongwriterPop

Imagine being a running back or a receiver. You get tackled, and then when you get up, you're surrounded by a bunch of guys, and they're all screaming and yelling at you... Mentally, it wears on you, like, 'God, how long can I do this?' It's a mental thing.

Mike Daniels

GodLongYouBackUpMental

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

Dennis Rodman

TalkingQuietTrashWhyDaysKeep

I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.

Chester Brown

PlanningFinishingPointSome

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

Annie Lennox

GreatPeopleThinkSometimesI Think

For me and my husband, one of my biggest peeves is that I can't stand for an old friend or a woman to walk in the room and just run up and speak to my husband, but they don't talk to me.

Ashton Shepherd

FriendWalkWomanMeHusbandSpeak

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