Homer Hickam Quotes

I've seen the government up close and personal, and for the most part, it's inefficient and hidebound, and it stifles creativity in any industry it clutches within its well-meaning but slimy tentacles.

Homer Hickam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1943

Topics

CreativityGovernmentPersonalWithin

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

Jimmy Cliff

MusicWritingSongThinkSomeone

I call people by their initials when they're good buddies, and that's a kinda street thing, too - 'Here comes JF,' or, 'Here comes KC.' It's fun; it's intimate.

John Edgar Wideman

GoodFunPeopleStreetCallHere

There's something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live.

Andrew Pyper

NatureLiveChaosHuman NatureDark

The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.

Robert Smith

PeopleMindMeSpiritAlwaysIdea

It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.

Michael Dirda

FatherSadTimeDayPeopleLate

I'm a man, I'm not just a fashion designer.

Stefano Gabbana

ManFashionFashion DesignerJust

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

Skitch Henderson

WorkGermanyOtherMunichSimilar

I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.

Roddy Piper

WinnerEmotionsDesireNever

As a candidate for Senate, I look forward to offering reforms based on limited government principles that will make our country stronger and more prosperous.

Ron DeSantis

GovernmentForwardStrongerLook

It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it is reasonable to say that while resource limitations used to discourage the government from tracking you without a good reason, these constraints have largely disappeared.

Ron Wyden

GoodGovernmentLawLaw Enforcement

I think guns are terrible.

Missy Peregrym

ThinkGunsTerribleI Think

When you hear extraneous noise, they are bored in some way, so it makes me upset. Even coughing, I find, is passive-aggressive, usually.

Joshua Bell

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