James Wolcott Quotes

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1952

Topics

PoliticsWordsTeaRealityParty

The New Testament doesn't present Jesus as a single man to cover up his humanity. It presents him as a single man because... he was a single man.

John Ortberg

ManPresentHumanityNewHimSingle

I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.

John McEnroe

MeDoorSomeoneAdmitWayTennis

I am an amateur mountain climber. Once or twice a year I go off to Chamonix in the French Alps, under Mont Blanc, and with a guide do treks that include rock climbing at high altitude.

Robert Littell

MountainI AmYearGoRockHigh

I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music.

Stephen Dorff

LoveMusicGuitarPlayBeatles

I do not love performing. I get really scared.

Sia

LoveScaredGetPerformingReally

Favorite movie lists are impossible for me to do.

Robert Zemeckis

MeImpossibleListsFavoriteMovie

I can understand why people are bad.

Matt Bellamy

PeopleBadI CanWhyUnderstand

The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.

Desi Arnaz

ArmySometimesStrangeWayLittle

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.

Christina Ricci

PossibleTalkKidMuch

I worry Mr. Trump believes he's special just because he's Mr. Trump and that the rules don't apply to him and the people around him.

Brad Schneider

PeopleWorryRulesJust BecauseHim

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs.

Asa Gray

FactsStrikeClassMoreBeliefs

I came to China to follow my star and to steep myself in the raw regions of the universe.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

MyselfUniverseFollowChinaStar

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