James Howard Kunstler Quotes

Neurologically, people have a need to feel oriented, to know where they are, not just in terms of a compass and not just in terms of geography, but in terms of their culture and history. To be informed about where they're coming from and to have some glimpse towards a hopeful future.

James Howard Kunstler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 19, 1948

Topics

FutureHistoryCulturePeopleFeel

I know the money is important, but, actually, the validation of your career that prizes give is what you really want. But the money is fabulous, too.

Jim Crace

MoneyYouCareerKnowImportant

I am of Irish, Italian, and French Canadian descent.

Joanna Going

I AmIrishItalianFrenchCanadian

As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.

Jesse Williams

WorkCharacterForwardInteresting

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.

Robert South

ManMeasureTemptationAgainstHe

Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.

Michael Chertoff

DecisionCongressMeanWellGrants

I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America.

Tom Hiddleston

LoveAmericaPlayCaptainSeeThor

I start any work the same way. I start a rehearsal with silence.

Robert Wilson

WorkSilenceStartWaySameAny

That makes no sense for someone to say if they were drafted by their country, that they'd say no.

Mitt Romney

SomeoneCountrySayNo SenseSense

Poems, unlike songs, are written to be read and, thus, come equipped with their own rhythms and melodies; they're self-contained entities, the whole shebang.

Jonathan Miles

OwnWholeComeReadSongsPoems

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Chief Seattle

LifeManWhateverWebHeHimself

I think, in the eyes of a lot of circles, especially within football, I'm the soft guy. But I'm fine with being the soft, healthy guy.

Chris Borland

EyesFootballThinkHealthyWithin

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

Sutton Foster

WorkHard WorkBeautifulTimeArt

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