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James E. Gunn Quotes

One should be willing to throw away a dozen ideas to come up with a good one, just as one should throw away a dozen words to come up with the right one.

James E. Gunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1923

Topics

Good Words Ideas Right Up Dozen

I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.

John Mayall

Art School Play Piano Ear Learned

Underground, raw movies that come out of nowhere and change everything - they aren't slick-looking. But I have nothing against slick-looking as long as the scripts are funny.

John Waters

Funny Change Long Movies Nothing

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

Johnny Carson

Death Hair Grow Phone Three Days

According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.

John Quincy Adams

Weakness Christian Vice Principle

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

Amir Khan

Way Always Been Like Fan He

With all the travel we're doing to cold-weather cities, your mind definitely starts to wander. It gets you away from the game. Even when you arrive in a city, you're tempted to just sit in your hotel and rest. Sometimes it's nice to just get out and walk around, to see what's there.

Stephen Curry

Walk Travel City Mind Game Rest

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

Michael O'Donoghue

Baby Comedy True Essence Hunt Seal

I just want to feel free. If someone feels inspired by it, then fine.

Free Feel Someone Want Inspired

That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

Jordin Sparks

Attitude Time People Negative Think

I'm blessed and proud and privileged to have played two wonderful characters on television.

Colin Cunningham

Blessed Proud Television Two Played

I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination.

Bruce Springsteen

Imagination Curiosity Name Band Buy

I think that most people would associate big schools of fish with healthy coral reefs. At Kingman, the predators keep the herd thin, so there aren't a lot of big fish schools.

Brian Skerry

People Think Fish Healthy Big Keep