Lewis H. Lapham Quotes

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.

Lewis H. Lapham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 8, 1935

Topics

ArtNew YorkThinkingWealthLiving

I used to have this illusion that time and remote areas prepare you for the world. Our moms used to think that kind of thing. Well, it doesn't prepare you for the world at all!

Jim Harrison

TimeWorldThinkYouIllusionKind

It wasn't until I went to college that I met the theatre people and began to admire them because they were learning a trade that was guaranteed to make money!

John Davidson

LearningMoneyPeopleCollegeAdmire

The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.

Matthew Perry

SuccessTogetherHappyPeopleKey

There's a world to save. Don't let anybody tell you you can't change the world. You can, and you have a moral responsibility to try.

Mike Quigley

ChangeResponsibilityChange The World

I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.

Jason Aldean

DecisionsKnowAffectMakeEverybody

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Chris Evert

LifeQualityLosingWinningRest

I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months.

David Walton

FriendSisterGuitarHouseSheLeft

There was some conflict there over Saturday nights because we were all really broke in those days- all the money you had in the world was in your pockets. Nowadays when you're say you're broke, it's not the same thing.

Arto Lindsay

MoneyConflictWorldSaturdayYou

Growing up near Scarsdale, I should have had at least one Jewish girlfriend. Maybe at some point it'll happen.

Ato Essandoh

Growing UpGrowingJewishGirlfriend

If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance.

Suze Orman

LifeChildrenParentsInsuranceYou

I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!

Selena Gomez

FamilyStrengthGratefulHappyMe

My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.

Richard Attenborough

FatherGreatManThoughtGreat Man

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