Jane Smiley Quotes

I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and to project our ideas upon them; to ride and drive them, and to make them symbolic, perhaps to a greater degree than any other species.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RideIdeasDriveEasyTrainAdmit

If people want to find things, they find them themselves.

Jimmy Page

PeopleFindWantThingsThemselves

The Commonwealth Prize is about celebrating the Commonwealth and the special relationship we have with the ex-colonies - which is part guilt and part warmth - and the Booker Prize isn't an essential part of that, but it is part of that.

Jim Crace

RelationshipGuiltSpecialWarmth

He who laughs most, learns best.

John Cleese

EducationBestWhoMostHeLaughs

My goal is to be the best quarterback I can be for the Colts, and hope that it's good enough.

Andrew Luck

GoodHopeBestEnoughGoalI Can

Arsenal have always been the team closest to my heart and a side I've wanted to join since I was a child.

Matteo Guendouzi

HeartChildTeamAlwaysSideBeen

Some stimulus is not a bad thing.

Ron Johnson

BadSomeThingBad ThingStimulus

'Hee Haw' was a concept that nobody (including myself) thought would ever succeed.

Roy Clark

MyselfSucceedThoughtNobodyWould

To me, death is dark, pain, grief.

Mary Roach

GriefDeathPainMeDark

Vice President Biden is the real deal. He'll give it to you straight. He communicates in a way that I think connects with people at a real level.

Michael Nutter

PeopleThinkYouWayPresidentReal

I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WaterSunBackHotCutHarm

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

Claire Danes

TreesHidingBehindCampusUnworthy

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled.

Alice Hoffman

HomeSchoolFeelThreeQuitAlways

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