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James Dickey Quotes

To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes.

James Dickey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997

Topics

Fire Feel You Wrong Sometimes Say

I was involved with the landmines before the Princess of Wales, and nobody gave a damn about people losing their limbs. It only became a success when she came along.

Joanna Lumley

Success Losing People Princess Damn

Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city.

John James Audubon

God Heart Grateful Mountains City

I remember tearing up the first time I read Nabokov's description, in 'Speak, Memory,' of his father being tossed on a blanket by cheering muzhiks, with its astonishingly subtle foreshadowing of grief and mourning.

Michael Chabon

Father Time Grief Memory Speak Up

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

Michael Douglas

Learning Patience Easy Lesson

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Strong Slow Short Learn Tall Get

Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'

Robert Blake

Worth You Uncle Said Now Right

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels.

Mickey Rivers

Old Wheels Meals Guys Eligible

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Man Wind Know Plans Aim Right

We are a big family; we are all very close, and we always want to talk about what is going on with each other.

Javier Hernandez

Family Want Talk Always Big Going

I grew up in the Boston suburbs and inherited a stubborn New England refusal to acknowledge frigid temperatures.

Josh Gondelman

Stubborn New Boston Up Suburbs

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play, too.

Deborra-Lee Furness

Slow Down Play Hang Us Kids

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.

Christine Lagarde

Promises Action Political You Know