James Stephens Quotes

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

James Stephens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950

Topics

WiseQuestionsBackAsking Questions

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

Mayer Hawthorne

DayPracticeMePlayGoBand

It smote me to the heart that I had found no one in all the world who loved me more than all others.

Max Muller

HeartMeWorldLovedOthersMore

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

John Keegan

QualityCompromiseYouTroubleWill

Celebrity farmer. Now there's a phrase that should be an oxymoron. There are farmers on both sides of my family, and I can attest that the overlap between the way farmers live, work and think, and celebrity culture, is exactly 0%.

John Lanchester

WorkFamilyLiveCultureThinkWay

I laugh very hard at work every day.

John Lasseter

WorkDayLaughEvery DayHardEvery

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

John Lewis

PoorUpRuralAlabamaVeryGrew

You read a book, write a detailed review as proof you've read it, and they give you a badge. That's where my competitive nature came out. Give me the badges! I would sit in the library all day, not 'cos I loved reading, just because I needed those badges.

Stormzy

NatureDayMeBookReadingLibrary

The old idea that you grow wiser as you get older, and you learn from your elders, is actually completely wrong.

Romesh Gunesekera

GrowLearnYouWrongEldersWiser

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

Russell Baker

AmericaMassesSportOpiate

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

Michelle Phan

TrustMeSayThey SayEveryone

You can have intense food experience with less food. Europeans have intense food experiences but eat less food.

Michael Pollan

FoodExperienceYouEatExperiences

When it comes to exercise, everybody has to find what works for them. I watch my body. I look at myself in the mirror once a week - not because I'm vain, but I'm looking for moles and changes in my body.

Montel Williams

MirrorMyselfLookingBodyLook

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