Jane Smiley Quotes

I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 26, 1949

Topics

ChildrenMeSelfFriendsAnxiety

I think a perfect-color scarf really brings out your whole skin tone, lip color, and everything else.

Jessica Jung

ColorThinkSkinScarfEverything

I remember being in high school and this guy saying to me, 'You'd actually be good-looking if you didn't joke around so much.' That affected me, and so I stopped joking around, and I stopped being a goof because I thought people would like me better.

Melanie Scrofano

SchoolPeopleMeSayingBetterYou

For me, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is one of the most brilliantly-written songs ever.

Matthew Ramsey

LoveMeLove MeYouSongsMost

If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

Jeffrey Jones

JobYouWantEmployeeEmployerHire

I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice.

Jeff Lindsay

JusticeMomentJobLawConnection

Right after 9/11, I mean, every agency can give their own gradation, but a nice, popular rule of thumb is everybody doubled down. I ended up in NSA with about twice as much money as I had prior to 9/11.

Michael Hayden

MoneyDownNiceMeanRightOwn

If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.

Tom Landry

LifeWinningFreeCapitalismBelieve

The practice of passing bills to find out what is in them represents a Forrest Gump-box of chocolates approach to government in which the taxpayers never know what they are going to get.

Ron DeSantis

GovernmentPracticeFindKnowNever

Whether we live in Sri Lanka or Malaysia or India, the U.K. or the U.S., we face similar issues of understanding, remembering the past that has made us and seeing the future we want.

Romesh Gunesekera

FutureLivePastFaceUnderstanding

One common way of judging whether housing's price is in line with its fundamental value is to consider the ratio of housing prices to rents. This is analogous to the ratio of prices to dividends for stocks.

Janet Yellen

ValuePriceJudgingWayHousing

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

Diego Luna

ChanceEnjoyWorkingSurprisedMuch

I eat a lot of candy. I can't survive without candy.

Donald Cerrone

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